The Public Programme (PP) of the A. M. Qattan Foundation (AMQF) declared fashion designer Yousef Uleiwi the winner of the first edition of the Recycled project competition, organised by the PP in November 2017. The announcement was made at the Khaldoun al-Tabari Hall of the Friends Girls School, Ramallah.
Selected in the first phase from among many applicants, the five participants were supervised by internationally renowned Palestinian fashion designer Rami Kashou. These were Husam al-Umari from Jenin; Ma’an Uleiwi and Yousef Uleiwi from Nablus; Maha Shaltaf from Ramallah; and Hind Hilal from Beit Sahur.
The competition juries brought together Du’a Wadi, Chairwoman of the Business Women Forum, and Samar Dawoud, a boutique owner from Ramallah.
At first, the AMQF launched a campaign to collect clothes, textiles, waste from factories, construction sites and commercial premises, etc. These were used in six exercises, which participants in the workshop attended. The exercises included designs inspired by Palestinian heritage, visits to art exhibitions at the Palestinian Museum, a tour around streets of the Ramallah city, etc.
In February 2018, the second edition of Recycled was launched. The final fashion show will be organised in the course of the inaugural opening of the AMQF new building.