On Valentine's Day, designer Aziz Bakawi raises the slogan "No love but for Palestine"

For him as a fashion designer, Valentine’s Day was not just an occasion to be used in clothes filled with red hearts. The matter was deeper for a designer who carries on his shoulders a cause he believes in and defends. He chose to dedicate “all his love” to Palestine on Valentine’s Day. He even replaced “Valentine’s Day” with the phrase “Happy Day to Palestine,” as if he wanted to tell the world that feelings and emotions must unite for the sake of this country whose people have been wronged.

Aziz Bakawi's designs for Palestine on Valentine's Day Designer Aziz Bakawi rebelled and broke with tradition on Valentine's Day, which was yesterday, as he chose to have his designs carry clear support for Palestine, and put the country's flag on the clothes, employing those fabrics and making them tell the story of a people's resistance, a fabric of threads that tells a story and history, and makes up for 1000 words.

This is not the first time that Aziz Bakawi has supported Palestine with his designs, as the keffiyeh is his “inspiration,” as he described it in previous press interviews. He said about it in an interview with Sayidaty, “A piece of cloth that communicates and tells us things for centuries, as it has great authority linked to traditional customs and crafts.”

Who is the designer Aziz Bakawi? Aziz Bekkaoui is a Dutch fashion designer of Moroccan origin, born in Berkane, Morocco in 1969, and moved to the Netherlands at an early age. He grew up in The Hague, where he showed a great interest in art and creativity since childhood. This interest led him to pursue his studies in the field of art at the Artis College in the Dutch city of Arnhem, where it had a great influence on his later career.

Aziz Bakaoui is considered one of the most prominent names in the field of fashion design, as he combined his Moroccan culture and Palestinian identity in his designs. In 2023, he launched a fashion collection called “The Right of Return.. Freedom and Choice”, a collection inspired by the Palestinian keffiyeh, which carried with it a message of solidarity with the Palestinian people. The keffiyeh, a symbol of elegance and history, was the main theme of his collection, as he succeeded in presenting it in a modern way, which made his designs unique with a special artistic touch.

Aziz is not only a fashion designer but also a cultural icon, as he has sought through his works to provide deep references to his cultural heritage and his interest in political and social issues. In 2007, he received the Art Prize from the City of Amsterdam, which was a recognition of his talent and unique interest in the field of fashion design.

His designs are unique, blending authenticity with modernity, and showcasing diverse cultural influences. Aziz Bekkaoui is an example of a designer who can combine the past with the present, redefining fashion in dimensions that go beyond aesthetic style to cultural and historical influence.