Egypt’s Minister for immigration and Egyptian Affairs Nabila Makram on Sunday visited an exhibition in the Al-Jamalia neighborhood in Fatimid Cairo dedicated to reviving ancient craftwork, founded by an Egyptian investor living in Canada Ibrahim Kassisieh. Makram toured the site of the project, which includes a factory for silver, copper and leather artifacts and inspected the equipment and their capabilities. She also met several skilled artists specialized in engraving, sculpture and silver, copper and leather craftsMakram congratulated Kassisieh and his partners for the opening of the project. He explained that the project comes with a school to teach traditional Egyptian crafts and train new generations on them, with the aim of preserving these professions from extinction. The project is among the fruits of the “Egypt Can with Investments and Development” conference, with Makram calling on Egyptian investors residing abroad to invest in their homeland.

Source: Egypt Independent February 14, 2021 15:33 UTC