Rashida Tlaib will wear a Palestinian gown as she’s sworn into Congress

December 14, 2018   

(CNN) US Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib will be sworn into office next month while wearing a traditional Palestinian gown.

The Michigan Democrat announced on social media Friday that she intends to wear a thobe to the ceremony.

“Sneak peek: This is what I am wearing when I am sworn into Congress,” she wrote on Instagram, including the hashtags #PalestinianThobe and #ForMyYama (Arabic for mother).

Palestinian women traditionally wear hand-embroidered gowns. Each gown’s embroidery is unique and represents the city that its wearer is from. For Palestinians, it is considered a way of showing pride in one’s heritage.

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