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Traditional Egyptian Art Faces Extinction

Traditional Egyptian Art Faces Extinction

A traditional artist makes a Kheyameya artwork in a workshop in Al-Kheyameya street in old Cairo, July 3, 2012. The art of weaving Alkhyamih integrates and attaches various pieces of colored cloth together to form in Islamic ornaments, floral or traditional forms. Egyptians started practising this art during the Mamluk’s Islamic regime (1250-1517). Until today, […]

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