Seamstress is a multimedia and interdisciplinary documentary song-cycle, in six movements, for solo soprano, chamber ensemble, chorus, electronics, recorded audio and video.

It is based on oral history interviews Jarrar conducted with Palestinian women from different generations and social sectors in the West Bank from the summer of 2012 through the summer of 2015. The women interviewed include Jarrar’s aunt, a seamstress from Nablus, former students, and current artistic collaborators and colleagues.

Song texts are adapted from the interviews, weaving together their different voices, perspectives and experiences in a way that challenges current existing media stereotypes of Palestinian culture and womanhood, specifically, through the portrayal of universal themes within a larger global context. The result is a sonic and visual exploration of personal experiences with place in relation to transnational intersectional feminist perspectives on the self/denial of the self, the state, personal identity, the body, sociality and agency.