Distinctive handmade products at  Al-Shahba women’s exhibition in Aleppo 

With the participation of 120 women, the activities of  Al-Shahba Women’s Exhibition, held by the Businesswomen’s Committee of  the Aleppo Chamber of Industry was opened on Friday at  the East Hall in Al-Shahba Rose complex.

The three-day event  included  handmade products including  embroideries, crochet, clothes, decorative accessories,  painting on glass ,  candle making, sweets and jams, which Aleppo is  famous for .

Head of the Aleppo Chamber of Industry, Eng. Faris al-Shihabi, said in a statement to a SANA reporter that the exhibition is a continuation of the exhibition “Aleppo Women… Challenge, Resilience and Creativity,” which was held in  2015 when terrorist groups were besieging some neighborhoods of Aleppo, with the aim of proving that Aleppo women are able to confront  and overcome difficulties and challenges.

Al-Shihabi explained that this  exhibition was distinguished by the wide participation  by all segments of society, indicating the exhibition  focused on household  industries, with the aim of encouraging women to be creative, open markets and help them export in a way that contributes to serving the national economy.

Head of the Businesswomen’s Committee of  the Aleppo Chamber of Industry, Annie Markossian, stressed that the women  aspire to be empowered and  to participate in the national production, referring to the fact  that  a group of women joined training  courses at  the Aleppo Chamber of Industry with the aim of establishing their own project.

A number of participants stressed that the exhibition is an important opportunity  to promote their  various products and  confirm that Aleppo women are capable of creativity and  excellence in various fields.

Rawaa  Ghanam