Damascene handicrafts will never die

The Traditional heritage handicrafts that reflect the amazing diversity in Syria have been badly affectedly by the terror war being waged on the country, so it was necessary to see activities reviving this key sector.

Training courses were among the activities held after the immigration and abduction of many craftsmen in order to protect the remaining crafts, whose financial benefits coming from the Arab and foreign tourists cut.

Besides, there was an activity held by the Syrian Handicrafts Company and the Syria Trust for Development to brief children on the crafts, which some of them are still being made in the Tekkiye Mosque in Damascus.

As many as 200 school kids visited crafts workshops the Tekkiye Mosque on March 13-14 within the program of the 10-day long activity. They were briefed on 8 Syrian handicrafts such as copper-plate engraving, bamboo works, leather industry, glassblowing and mother of pearl inlay on wood.

Craftsmen explained to the kids the way of making the said crafts and helped them to try to make some of them.

Here we should refer to the fact that a large number of handicrafts workshops in the old city of Aleppo were completely damaged during the war.

Basma Qaddour