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The Last of the Silk Weavers: : A Window on Syria| 3mins
Director: Mohamad Hamdan | Producer: IWPR
Focus Years: 2009 | Country: United Kingdom
Subject Tags: community, culture, economies, europe, livelihood, syria, united kingdom
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
Making brocade was once the pride of Damascene craftsmen but the profession of producing this delicate hand-woven silk material is disappearing in the absence of government support and customers. The mass-produced version is everywhere, but the original hand-made product is becoming hard to find. It is slow work and few people are learning the techniques. Kenan Tafesh, one of the last brocade weavers, is trying to save the ancient craft, as this IWPR video reports. More information about the IWPR Syria multimedia project can be found here: http://iwpr.net/windowonsyria This multimedia piece was produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Beirut in October 2009.
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