OUR CRAFT
MASAFER YATTA · SOUTH HEBRON HILLS
Resolute began in Masafer Yatta, a cluster of villages in the South Hebron Hills where daily life is tied to land, family, animals, trees, and the memory of those who came before.
In Masafer Yatta, where settler violence has repeatedly targeted land, homes, olive trees, grazing routes, sheep and livelihoods, Tatreez became something harder to remove. It stayed in the hands of the women, stitched at home, passed across generations, and carried as memory, income and a way of remaining on the land.
Tatreez remained. It stayed in the hands of the women, in the patterns they remembered. In the colours they chose. In the hours they stitched at home, close to their families and their land when there was no other choice.
For the women of Masafer Yatta, embroidery was never only craft. It became a way to protect memory, create income, and remain rooted in place when so much around them was uncertain. Resolute was born from that understanding: When land is under threat, heritage becomes a way of staying.
THE ACADEMY AWARDS · MARCH 2025
WHEN THE WORLD NOTICED MASAFER YATTA
In March 2025, No Other Land, the documentary Basel co-directed and filmed in Masafer Yatta, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. For a moment, the name of the village reached one of the world’s largest stages.
That night, the cooperative’s embroidery was there too, the embroidery in terracotta and sky blue, stitched by the women of Masafer Yatta and worn as part of the story. The craft was not presented as costume or symbol alone. It appeared as living work, made by women whose hands continue to hold the heritage of the place. As the world heard the name Masafer Yatta, its women’s work stood with it.
HERITAGE · OWNERSHIP · FUTURE
WHY RESOLUTE EXISTS
Resolute exists because heritage should not only be preserved. It should protect, sustain and create power for the people who carry it. In Masafer Yatta, Tatreez helps women generate income without leaving their homes, families, or land.
Today, Resolute begins with Masafer Yatta. Tomorrow, the vision is to work with other communities globally and other traditions held by hand. But the principle remains the same: When land is threatened, heritage becomes a form of staying. When craft creates value, the makers should own its future.
WE ARE RESOLUTE
OUR HERITAGE
OUR PRODUCTS