WardaSilk Palestinian scarf, pomegranate and olive branch still life

Palestine, painted
onto scarves.

Artwork you can wear, inspired by the landscapes and everyday memories of home in Palestine.

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Hidden in the Pattern Palestinian Heritage Harvest Day Rummanetna Olive Mountain Grandpa’s Garden Olive Platter Bayyaretna Launching Soon Look Closer Hidden in the Pattern Palestinian Heritage Harvest Day Rummanetna Olive Mountain Grandpa’s Garden Olive Platter Bayyaretna Launching Soon Look Closer
The First Collection

Six designs, all together.

Every one painted from a memory of home. 100% modal.

Harvest Day scarf in green, tied on a mannequin against warm limestone Harvest Day in blueberry, tied on a mannequin In blueberry
يوم القطاف

Harvest Day

Square · green, blueberry

A whole olive harvest in one square. The dots are the trees seen from above, the swooshes are the mountains behind them.

Rummanetna pomegranate scarf worn as a hijab on a mannequin Close up of Rummanetna, with the key hidden in the vine Look closer: the key
رمانتنا

Rummanetna

Long scarf · original

Our pomegranates, the ones my mum peeled for me after school. There's a key hidden in the vine. Look closer.

Grandpa's Garden scarf with stone walls and vines, draped on a mannequin Grandpa's Garden worn as a hijab on a mannequin Worn as a hijab
حديقة سيدو

Grandpa’s Garden

Long scarf · sage

The garden I grew up in. The old stone walls, the vines, and the grapes we weren't allowed to eat.

Olive Mountain scarf in green, draped on a mannequin Olive Mountain in beige, draped on a mannequin In beige
جبل الزيتون

Olive Mountain

Long scarf · green, beige

All of Palestine in one shape, imperfect on purpose. The green of the trees, and the beige of the stone.

Olive Platter scarf in black and cream, draped on a mannequin Olive Platter in pink, worn as a hijab on a mannequin In pink

Olive Platter

Long scarf · original, pink

The little plate of olives that was always on the table, seen from above. The smallest thing there, and the one that brings home back.

Bayyaretna citrus grove scarf worn around the neck of a mannequin Bayyaretna worn as a hijab on a mannequin Worn as a hijab

Bayyaretna

Long scarf · citrus

Bayyaretna means our citrus grove. Orange blossoms, fruit between the branches, and little keys tucked into the pattern.

And the little one يوم القطاف

Harvest Day pocket square

30x30 · green, dusk blue

The same harvest, small enough for a bag handle, a pocket or a ponytail.

Free on pre-orders of $90 or more. You pick the colour in your cart.

Harvest Day pocket square in green, laid flat on limestone The green pocket square tied on a cream bag
Green
Harvest Day pocket square in dusk blue, laid flat on limestone The dusk blue pocket square tied on a cream bag
Dusk blue

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The Details

Look closer.

There’s more to each print than you see at first. These are some of the details to look for. The scarves are printed on 100% modal.

مفتاح
The Iron Key

The key to a house someone still keeps. The home you carry, even when you can't go back.

زيتون
The Olive Branch

Roots, patience, the land. The tree that has always been there.

رمّان
The Pomegranate

All the seeds held as one. Family at the table, and plenty.

تطريز
Tatreez

The old embroidery of Palestinian women, abstracted quietly into pattern.

Our Story

Every scarf starts as a painting.

Warda means flower. A warda takes its time, grows from the ground it knows, opens when it's ready.

The idea for WardaSilk came while I was living abroad for my studies. I started missing things I’d barely noticed when I lived at home: olives on the table, birds outside, the mountains beyond my window.

I’ve been painting for years, but a painting stays on a wall, and I kept moving. So I started painting the things I missed and turning those paintings into scarves.

The olive harvest, my grandpa’s garden, a bowl of pomegranates. These are some of the memories behind the first collection. Each scarf has its own story, and I’d love to share it with you.

Here are a few of my paintings, half finished, lying on the scarves they turned into.

A pencil sketch of an olive branch in a sketchbook, lying on the printed Harvest Day scarf
Harvest DayThe olive branch starts in pencil.
An iPad showing the Grandpa's Garden painting in progress, lying on the printed scarf
Grandpa’s GardenThe stone walls going in, one by one.
An iPad and pencil mid-painting of Olive Mountain, lying on the printed scarf
Olive MountainLayering the lines of the mountain.
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