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Sunday, 28 September 2014 14:18
Kerdasa Embroidery (Egypt)
Kerdasa embroidery is associated with the town of Kerdasa, now a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. For centuries, Kerdasa was known for the production, by men, of woven textiles, which were traded along the east-west routes from Egypt to Libya, often via the Siwa oasis.
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(Pre-) Modern Middle East and North Africa