{"product_id":"love-welcomes-embroidery-hoop-art-made-by-refugee-women-copy","title":"Bloom Anyway Embroidery Hoop Art | Made by Refugee Women","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBloom Anyway\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHand-embroidered hoop art | 20 cm wooden hoop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFlowers do not wait for perfect ground. They push through the cracks and bloom anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA woman from a new group at Alsama Studio in Shatila, Beirut, made this piece. The women are Syrian and Palestinian refugees who came to Alsama to learn embroidery, and this hoop comes from that training. With every stitch she learns something new, and every piece she finishes brings her closer to steady, paid work with the studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEach piece you buy pays for one woman's training.\u003c\/strong\u003e It builds her pathway to an income.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat matters. Jobs for women in Shatila are hard to find. A skill in her hands is something no one can take away. It means income and independence, and a place in a circle of women who hold each other up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis piece is part of our Joy is Resistance collection. These women have lost homes and started over in hard places, and they still make room for colour. Blooming anyway is what resistance looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo two are alike.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each hoop is its maker's own exploration. She chooses how to create with joy and puts her hope into every stitch, so yours will be one of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen you bring this piece home, you pay for a woman's training and open her path to work. She is blooming anyway. You can help her grow.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 cm natural wooden hoop, ready to hang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-embroidered in Shatila, Beirut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach piece is unique\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Love Welcomes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499759411575,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0122\/4907\/1673\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-09-02at03.56.19_2.jpg?v=1790698682","url":"https:\/\/www.lovewelcomes.org\/products\/love-welcomes-embroidery-hoop-art-made-by-refugee-women-copy","provider":"Love Welcomes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}