‘I Went Looking for Palestine But I Found’ by Joan Baz and Dar Onboz

“I went looking for Palestine but I found” is a book, a guided tour, and a souvenir shop.

A personal journey to the South of Lebanon raises questions regarding borders and identity. As a result, a counting book “Count to Ten with: I went looking for Palestine but I found“ was created, retracing elements that were found along the way. Traditional patterns used in Palestinian embroidery were most familiar to Palestinian women as impressions of their daily surroundings. When she looked for Palestine she found non-traditional patterns with new definitions, cross-stitched, stamped and embroidered in our present realities.

While you revisit the journey to the south, a souvenir shop is found at the end of the borders inviting you to ask, count and stamp. your borders, your identities, your patterns .