A seventy-year-old man has been preserving his craft for half a century

The seventy-year-old Taha Hammadi Al-Hammadi has been working in the pottery industry for 55 years creating with his traditional tools, a wide range of pottery pieces that are still popular and admired by many people in Tartous Governorate.

Abu Muhammad, who is called “Al-Fakhouri” due to his work in this industry, displays his goods that are completely handmade, on the highway between the cities of Baniyas and Jableh, in the Arab al-Malik area in particular. He said in an interview with SANA’s reporter that he manufactures the pottery pieces according to the customer’s request.

The components of the “Al-Fakhouri” workshop, , are simple and the raw materials needed for work are only special soil that is mixed with water and kneaded well, where it is placed on fire for approximately 36-48 hours thus the product is ready for sale.

Abu Muhammad pointed out that he produces about 110 jars of pottery daily, with a capacity of 20 liters of water, and his products are very popular, as some doctors recommend that drinking water be put in them .

Amal Farhat

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