Wearing the change

Mandil exists to raise awareness of the damage caused by the fast-fashion industry, and to make sustainable fashion alternatives accessible in Arab society.

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Two women standing in a stone courtyard between two rails of colourful vintage clothes

A woman in a green dress speaking to women seated on an open terrace

Mandil was founded in 2021 by Mervat Odeh and a group of people committed to environmental and social change.

Four ways to dress differently

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Four women smiling beside a clothes rail, in front of a stone wall hung with posters

Dolab

Dolab is an online vintage shop, the first of its kind in Arab society, selling special vintage pieces chosen to suit the taste of Arab society.

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A group of women seated and standing in a hall, with a clothes rail and a projector screen behind them

Clothing-swap parties

Mandil organises clothing-swap parties among groups of women who know one another. Many women don’t like wearing clothes that belonged to women they don’t know, and this is an excellent way around that barrier to second-hand clothing.

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A stone courtyard seen from above, with clothes rails, seating corners and visitors

Second-hand bazaars

Mandil has initiated a number of bazaars in several areas in the north, aimed at introducing women to alternatives to buying new clothes.

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Children and adults crafting with coloured paper around a table in a courtyard

Blouzati – renewing clothes

Blouzati (“my blouse”) is an initiative of workshops for renewing and recycling clothes that are no longer in use, aimed at children, girls and women.

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Our clothes shouldn’t cost us the Earth

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A woman sorting colourful fabrics and garments on a table at a workshop

Women seated in a large circle in a hall, listening to the facilitator

A talk in a hall: the speaker by the projector screen facing an audience of schoolgirls

Fashion industry data
- 1.2 billion tonnesof greenhouse gases are emitted by the fashion industry every year, according to the UN – more than the aviation industry or maritime shipping.
- A quarterof all greenhouse-gas emissions on Earth will come from the fashion industry by 2050, researchers estimate.
Mandil's vision
The association’s vision is a shift in perception and a growing sense of social responsibility: second-hand shops opening and awareness rising, as fast and as widely as possible.
Today we stand at a critical crossroads for the continued existence of the planet.
Mandil in the field
The “Fashion and Sustainability” talk series
A series of awareness talks, part of the “Nata’aqlam” (“We Adapt”) project initiated by the Jerusalem Municipality’s sustainability unit. More than 30 talks were given to tenth-grade students and teachers’ rooms in schools in East Jerusalem.