STORY: Egyptian traditional handicrafts exhibited to celebrate national day
DATELINE: July 24, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:42
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: CULTURE
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the exhibition
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): EHAB SAMIR, Copper crafts maker
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TALAAT IBRAHIM HARFI, Arabesque exhibitor
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SHAHIRA REFAAT, Jewelry designer
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): NAILA MAKRAM, Yemeni visitor
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): KHALED IMAD, Visitor
7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): AHMED HAMDI, Visitor
8. various of the exhibition
 
STORYLINE:
 
An exhibition of handicrafts to celebrate Egyptian National Day has attracted a lot of exhibitors and visitors at Freedom Park in Cairo.
 
Exhibitors praised the help they get from the Enterprise Development Agency.
 
SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): EHAB SAMIR, Copper crafts maker
"The Enterprise Development Agency is now helping us to go out to broader horizon and get to know the audience in a better way."
 
SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TALAAT IBRAHIM HARFI, Arabesque exhibitor
"The Enterprise Development Agency brings craftsmen so that they can present their products in front of people, and show their talents and their new works because there is development. What you are showing now will not be the works of the next exhibition and so on."
 
Under the title "Cairo Handicrafts Exhibition," the event witnessed large participation of handicrafts and heritage artists in Egypt and the artists of Al-Fawakhir village with carpet products, embroidery on textiles, tents, copper products, and Khan El-Khalili products.
 
There was also wide participation of handmade natural leather products, furnishings, silver accessories, precious stones, trays, wooden antiques, crochet, clothes, porcelain, and pottery.
 
Exhibitors said that the exhibition activities represented an important platform for them to meet with the public, and thus a greater opportunity to display products.
 
SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SHAHIRA REFAAT, Jewelry designer
"The exhibition is a way to know the market and the needs of the market. And people can know more about the existing exhibitors and designers. Of course, it's a good market and people know us more."
 
The temperature did not prevent people from visiting.
 
SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): NAILA MAKRAM, Yemeni visitor
"I come today to visit the exhibition. I love handmade works. The things displayed are very beautiful."
 
SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): KHALED IMAD, Visitor
"The exhibition is very beautiful, especially the handicrafts, which are very beautiful and well-made."
 
SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): AHMED HAMDI, Visitor
"The exhibition contains good things, for example, there are many artifacts, there are decorations, textiles, yarn, and fabric. I bought many things. Prices are also good."
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo.
(XHTV)