social enterprise partners - Jordan
TRIBALOGY
About Tribalogy
Tribalogy is a social enterprise based in Zarqa, Jordan, working with Syrian refugees and host-community artisans from marginalised communities, including Bedouin tribes. Tribalogy’s goal is to help these women create brighter futures for themselves and their families. With Tribalogy, artisans collaborate to create fashionable accessories and home decor products that reflect their heritage and preserve their culture.
Refugee Artisan Group
Tribalogy collaborates with Syrian and Iraqi refugees living in Jordan. Currently, the artisan group consists of 20 women based in Zarqa and Zataari refugee camps, the world’s largest refugee camp for Syrian refugees. These refugees are experts in cross-stitch embroidery, which they apply to contemporary items like travel bags and laptop cases.
© Tribalogy
Syrian
Emergency
Learn more about the Syrian refugee crisis and UNHCR’s work in the region
Partners
since:
2018
Artisan
origin:
Syria and Iraq
Production
Locations:
Zarqa & Zaatari camps, Amman
Heritage skills
Cross-stitch embroidery
Features
"I did my first embroidery when I was 16. We all learned from our parents - it was something that the women would take from one generation to the next. I have memories of my mother and grandmother as they would sit with the neighbours and do embroidery"
Haman, refugee artisan in Jordan
