Maisaloon Dias is a Palestinian-American social worker raised in Philadelphia. Her mother is a seamstress, originally from Beit Hanina near Jerusalem.  As Dias grew more interested in her mother’s work, she asked to learn tatreez, the Palestinian art of embroidery.  Dias acts out in Philadelphia by using tatreez to start discussions about the occupation of Palestine and the perceptions of Arab women in America.  Her work was displayed in HomeSkooled’s Acting Out exhibit.