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Coloured wool woven by hand on a wooden loom.

Giza · Harraniya, Giza

Wissa Wassef Art Centre

Hand-woven tapestries since 1952, in a village of mud-brick workshops.

€€€ High endOff the beaten track

A centre founded by architect Ramses Wissa Wassef to teach village children weaving without imposing a model: each tapestry is freely composed by its maker. The mud-vaulted buildings alone are worth the visit, and a small museum shows the older pieces.

The extra bit

Ask to see the looms in use: the weavers work on site, and that is what makes sense of the prices.

Know before you go

On the Saqqara road: the visit combines with the step pyramids in the same day.

Directions

Harraniya, Saqqara road, Giza

Directions

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