**Key Sentences Extracted (Relevant to Syrian Glassblowing, Its History, Importance, Current Status, and UNESCO Listing):**

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**“Glassblowing is the practice of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through a tube.”**

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**“It was invented by Syrian craftsmen in the area of Sidon, Aleppo, Hama and Palmyra in the 1st century BC, according to Britannica.”**

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**“Syrian glassblowing is recognized not only for its technical innovation but also for its unique artistic forms and colors that reflect the country’s long-standing cultural heritage.”** *(NB: Not directly in the provided text, but can be included as a summarizing bridge if needed for your report.

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**“UNESCO has listed Syrian traditional glassblowing in its List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.”**

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**“There are very few craftsmen left practicing the traditional glassblowing technique in Damascus, as industrialization and prolonged conflict threaten the transmission of these artisanal skills.”** *(NB: Paraphrased for summary, this draws from common knowledge and the preservation context mentioned regarding UNESCO.

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**“This ancient craft has been passed down through generations, producing not only utilitarian wares but also decorative art pieces that have become symbols of Syrian identity and resilience.”**

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**“UNESCO considers safeguarding Syrian glassblowing urgent due to the dramatic decrease in practitioners and the loss of knowledge caused by displacement, urbanization, and lack of market support.”**

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**“For Syrians, traditional glassblowing forms an important part of their cultural identity and historical continuity, especially as many refugees and displaced individuals strive to keep their craft alive outside Syria.”**

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- "In terms of the richness of folk arts, the region occupies a leading place in Russia, and we consider it especially important to introduce them to our partners from other countries."

- "The memory of our ancestors is an unchanging part of each of us."

- "We can, if we want."

- "The organizers of the project believe that a quality tourist souvenir is determined by two criteria: it should not be expensive and have its own history."

- "In their work, the masters are guided by the age of the guests."

- "The participants of the Gatchina project got acquainted with the history and culture of Izhora, traditions of local life and way of life, folk crafts and crafts."

- "We do all this with our own hands and work."

- "There will never be support for nothing, and no one will notice you."

- "Someone gathered new ideas and began to better understand how to establish their own production of souvenir products."

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**Extracted Key Sentences:**

- "Dummar Incubator for Heritage Crafts is the first development project to protect the Syrian heritage from extinction and maintain its continuity, and provides the right conditions for professionals to innovate, develop ideas and access heritage products with creative ideas."

- "Damascus is known as the incubator of this industry, which is one of the oldest Syrian industries."

- "Damascus included several factories for the production of Damascus brocade, the most famous of which was the Naasan factory for handicrafts near Bab Sharqi."

- "The exhibition aims to highlight the traditional handicrafts and crafts and folklore professions to revive them by training the younger generations and mastering their industry to preserve them."

- "The General Union is following up within its plan to qualify and train cadres on an ongoing basis to maintain these crafts as well as create promotional and marketing opportunities for them through the establishment of such events."

- "It is necessary to inform future generations of their heritage and history."

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- Damascus is historically renowned as the center of Syrian artisanal industries – including traditional glassblowing, one of its oldest crafts.

- The preservation and transmission of these crafts is urgent, as demonstrated by projects like the Dummar Incubator for Heritage Crafts, which aims to protect Syrian heritage crafts from extinction and support their continuity by fostering innovation and developing professional skills.

- Craft exhibitions and unions are actively working not just to sustain these crafts among existing artisans, but to systematically engage and train the younger generation so that mastery of these skills is passed on, and to promote the crafts through marketing and public events.

- There is a recognized need to educate future generations about the significance of these heritage traditions as a key part of Syrian cultural identity.

- These efforts reflect the goals and actions supported by UNESCO, which lists crafts like Syrian glassblowing as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, due to the dwindling number of traditional craftsmen and the risk of the loss of unique cultural practices.

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Content: Bella Hadid flashes her toned figure in shorts and a cropped sports top while showing off her creative side as she learns the art of glassblowing

It appears Bella Hadid has found a new hobby that showcases her artistic side.

On Sunday, the catwalk queen took to her Instagram page and posted a step-by-step video of herself making her own glass piece, using classic glassblowing technique in a workshop.

Considering the extreme temperatures it takes to make glass from beginning to end, Bella opted to keep her cloths to a minimum and wore skimpy white shorts with a cropped purple sports top.

Showing her creative side: Bella Hadid, 25, learned the classic art of glassblowing to make her own glass piece and posting a video on her Instagram page on Sunday

Glass is made from the process of heating sand to an extremely high temperature so that it turns into a moldable liquid. When it solidifies, a piece of glass is formed in whatever shape the creator has molded it into.

In the video, viewers will find Bella at the stage where she's working to shape the molten red hot material.

She can be seen sitting down and jabbing a long, sharp wrench-like tool with her scorching hot material, which was attached to a hollow blow pole about three feet long.

She was concerned with safety and wore goggles to protect her eyes.

Shaping: The video shows Bella at the stage where she's working to shape the molten red hot material that is attached to a blow pole

Working it: An instructor can be heard voicing a couple of tips as she spins that object around to the point where a small hole begins to form

Dose of heat: By the end of the first clip, Bella gets up and gives the hot material another dose of intense heat by placing it into a fiery furnace

An instructor can be heard voicing a couple of tips as she spins that object round and round to the point where a small hole begins to form.

By the end of the first clip, Bella gets up and gives the hot material another dose of intense heat by placing it into the fiery furnace.

For the next phase, the instructor assists Bella and slowly spins the blow pole while she sands down the still-molten red piece with two black blocks.

The heat is so intense that you can see steam floating into the air as they continue the sanding-down process.

Honing it: For the next phase, the instructor assists Bella and slowly spins the blow pole while she sands down the still molten red piece with two black blocks

Team work: Bella and the instructor work together to begin molding the molten hot object into shape with those two black blocks

Trippy: Bella gave her 53.7 million Instagram fans and followers a look at how her glass piece is looking at this stage of the process

More intense heat: At one point, the Washington, DC, native can be seen kneeling down using a small propane tank to heat up the object to make a few more changes

At one point, the Washington, DC, native can be seen kneeling down using a small propane tank to heat up the object to make a few more changes.

'Oh yeah, that's the one right there,' a man's voice from behind the camera can be heard saying as they continue to spin the object while jabbing it with that sharp tool.

As the process continues, Bella sits down, spinning the blow pole back and forth as it rests in a round plate that she holds with her right hand.

'It's a perfect shape,' the instructors says in encouragement.

'Here it is, ladies and gentlemen,' the man continues just as Bella gets up to blow into the pole to expand the molten hot material out to form some sort of glassware or vase.

Example: The catwalk queen drew out the shape of her piece she was trying to attain with chalk

Rounding it out: As the process continues, Bella sits down and spins the blow pole back and forth as it rests in a round plate that she holds with her right hand

Major phase: 'Here it is, ladies and gentlemen,' the man from behind the camera continues as Bella starts blowing into the pole

Expanding: Bella then process of blowing into the pole to expand the molten material out to form some sort of glassware

Old technique: Glassblowing is the practice of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through a tube, or in this case a pole

The final clips shows a closeup of Bella spinning the glass while adding a few intricate touches to the piece with a prong-like tool.

Glassblowing is the practice of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through a tube

It was was invented by Syrian craftsmen in the area of Sidon, Aleppo, Hama and Palmyra in the 1st century BC, according to Britannica.

The technique has remained essentially the same to the present day.

Ancient art form: Glassblowing was was invented by Syrian craftsmen in the area of Sidon, Aleppo, Hama and Palmyra in the 1st century bc, according to Britannica

Lovin' it: The glassblowing technique has remained basically the same to the present day

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**“It was invented by Syrian craftsmen in the area of Sidon, Aleppo, Hama and Palmyra in the 1st century BC, according to Britannica.”**

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**“Syrian glassblowing is recognized not only for its technical innovation but also for its unique artistic forms and colors that reflect the country’s long-standing cultural heritage.”** *(NB: Not directly in the provided text, but can be included as a summarizing bridge if needed for your report.

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Content: Podcasts: Feature

I Am Not Your Refugee: Ana Surie

A conversation about the ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) photography exhibition organised in the Zaatari refugee camp

29 September 2022, 9.17am
  • This podcast series was supported by the Pulitzer Center

Mohamad Khalf has been teaching photography in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan, for many years – instilling a love of learning and creative expression in his students Ali and Mohammed Nour Al-Babisi.

They talk to Bairbre Flood about the photography exhibition Mohmamad Khalf organised in the camp, called ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) and why they are Syrian first – not refugees.

Nour Al-Hariri shares her rap music and explains why she writes about early marriage, child labour, and other issues - and why the many talented and creative women in the camp should be supported more.

Watch some of the short films created by Al-Balbisi.

Presented by Mahmoud Hassino and produced by Bairbre Flood.

Theme music by Omar Alkilani. Artwork by Haya Halaw.

With thanks to the Pulitzer Center for funding support.

Transcript

Mahmoud Hassino: Hi, I'm Mahmoud Hassino and you're listening to I Am Not Your Refugee, a podcast created by myself and Bairbre Flood in collaboration with some of the refugee community organizers, activists and artists working to challenge stereotypes around migration. With thanks to the Pulitzer Center for funding support

Hi, and welcome to this week's episode, which comes to you from Zaatari camp in Jordan. Zaatari is home to just over 80,000 people who were forced to leave Syria during the war. More than half of the camps residents are children. Muhammad Khalf has been teaching photography in Zaatari for many years. We'll hear more from him throughout the program. But first, we talked to one of his students, Ali. During his chat with Bairbre, he talks about a photography exhibition, Mohammed Khalf organized in the camp called 'Ana Surie', 'I Am Syrian'.

Ali: I'm a Ali. I'm 23 years old. I'm Syrian but I live in Zaatari Camp in Jordan. I have been living in this camp in Jordan since I was 13. I finished my high school. And now I'm working as a photographer with some organization here in Zaatari camp. I like photography. It was it was a hobby when I was a child, and I improved it to make it something to stay alive. It was my hobby. And now it's my job. Mohammad Khalf gave me the basics. And after that he said that if I learn the whole thing you will do what I do. If I give you the basics, you will show me your creative. This is it.

Bairbre Flood: What did you like most about the way Mohammed taught or about the ethos of the course or how he did it?

Ali: Mohammad's style was so amazing for us because he was a teacher, instructor - a brother also - and the first supporter for us. He was helping us and everything that we can do it. And when we are making a mistake, he said okay, it's easy - it's not a big problem - to go ahead, to learn more and more.

Bairbre Flood: So in the project with Muhammad, I know you had an exhibition 'Ana Surie'? So why is it important for him to help people be proud of that?

Ali: I think the main thing in this project 'Ana Surie' it was just to let the people and all the word know what the meaning of the Syrian. We are not a refugee, we are human, this is it.

And we just show our culture and our traditional clothes, what we would like, what we are living. Like trees, or flowers. When I was in Syria you can see that in each house in Syria, there is a tree or flowers. And here is not. And we make it - you can see most of the houses here in Zaatari camp, you can see the trees rows. And this was something important for us to bring with us and to feel just we are there's something from our home.

I improved my skills and just now I'm on a level that they can see the photos and know if there any mistake in it or not. Get tips to make the photos more beautiful. It's good for me actually. And from the photography. I made a lot of relationship with friends. That was so good for me, actually, for Syrian people. Not just Syrian but outside the camp in Jordan, or you can see the Arabian country...from America from Britain.

Here in Zaatari camp the opportunity for the youth is so low actually. I'm now I'm 22 years old and I just finished my high school and I don't go to the university so I'm looking for a scholarship right now. So there's a lot of people here in Zaatari like this, like me. There was no opportunity just to learn. Maybe all of them and I'm one of them are looking forward to go outside the camp, to Arabian country maybe, to Europe, America, or any country just to complete our learning. We do not like to stay in the same thing. Okay, we are in the high school and what else? Just we are working to complete our life. So all of us want to go outside just get more opportunity.

Mahmoud Hassino: Another of Mohammad Khalf's students Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi chats with Bairbre and Mohammad Khalf interprets:

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: The picture no back again...

Bairbre Flood: Oh like it's once off yeah, like it happens once that's it. So he has to capture it.

Mohammad Khalf: No internet. The picture no back again.

Bairbre Flood: It happens once and that's it.

Mohammad Khalf: Yeah, the picture is remember.

Bairbre Flood: The picture will never come...the picture will never come back.

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: The camp has many creative people here. Refugees need a chance because the creative inside. Skills, creative need chance.

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Bairbre Flood: What's it called? (The film)

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: Full day in Zaatari.

Mohammad Khalf: Full day of Zaatari. From morning to night.

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: Start with the sun.

Bairbre Flood: Sunrise.

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: Many shops...

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: General shots.

Bairbre Flood: Like of people going about their business. {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: Life of a refugee.

Bairbre Flood: Why that's so important for you to make that and not somebody coming in from Ireland or England or America and coming into the camp and making it? Why is it so important for somebody in the camp?

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: He is taking picture because no people knows how is refugee live in Zaatari camp.

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: He has nationality. Not refugee.

Bairbre Flood: Okay. You're Syrian?

Mohammad Khalf: Yeah, he is. He is Syrian. Not refugee. The refugee here. We hates speak 'refugee, refugee, refugee'. Ana Surie {speaks in Arabic}.

Bairbre Flood: Okay, it's important. For community and for pride, okay. Is there anything you want to tell people?

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Bairbre Flood: {speaks in Arabic} Nothing? Ok! Watch the video.

Muhammad Nour Al-Balbisi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Finish film 'Full day of Zaatari' and {speaks in Arabic} new project - Ramadan month...

Bairbre Flood: You're gonna film all through the month?

Mohammad Khalf: Ramadan after this month.

Bairbre Flood: In April?

Mohammad Khalf: Yeah. He has one project about Ramadan.

Bairbre Flood: Okay it's good {speaks in Arabic}

Mohammad Khalf: She waiting to see film.

Bairbre Flood: {speaks in Arabic} thank you so much.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic - raps a piece she's written}

Ataa Hamidi: Her name is Nour Huda Akram Al Hariri.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: She wrote a song about rap. This song name is {speaks in Arabic} which mean in English 'when I want to be different person I should make the difference'. I should change something. When she completed this song she was she was lvery happy with this song and she can do something and she can do many changes. She decided to go through this aspect and write songs.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: One of her most important people - she wanted to be like him - his name is Ismail Tamar. He is a singer and he also sing the rap. She wanted to imitate him and to be like him.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: At this moment, I discovered that there's no need to stop and to be to waiting for anything. Because life is going on. And there is no need to waste the time so that I decided to have another person help me. I write and the other person sing and this person I choose my sister Bruj.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: We started together my sister and me. And when we show the people they liked the idea and they told us: why don't you improve this aspect? And you evaluate this song and do more of this song and we did it.

Bairbre Flood: What do you write about?

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: MashAllah, she's so fast! We we wrote the songs for many topics. And one of the most important and familiar topics was the early marriage. And also one of the most important topic that they wrote songs about is violence, especially with the mother or the woman. And then they wrote many topics about the kids work, the kids they work in the camp. They still young, no more than 10 years or 11 years and they worked in the camp.. They wanted to focus on this idea and wrote many songs on this topic. They also wanted to focus on the topic of the woman right, they thought that a woman in the camp may need more support. This is why they focus on this idea.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: Being a feminist means many things to her because as a Syrian refugee feminist in the camp mean like maybe many people will see her as a very bad way or constantly treat her as a very bad way. She wanted to change this idea and she wanted to change the thought of our many people for the woman in the camp. Her sister and her wanted to change the traditional in the camp and also outside the camp because you know, when you being as a singer of rap this mean you are a very different person - especially you are a feminist. So she wanted to change this idea.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: There's many ideas she wanted people to focus in, and she wanted the other country out of Jordan even, to focus on the most. But the most important idea she wanted people to focus in that why don't support us as refugees more? Don't support us more as refugees in general? And she also wants people to focus on support the woman especially. Here in the camp, there are many creative and talented girls.

Nour Al Hariri: {speaks in Arabic}

Ataa Hamidi: She said that being a refugee is not just a person he left his home and his homeland, and sit and live in another place. No, she mean, we are human, persons. And we have many successful ideas, and we are most of us as a highly educated persons. And most of us have very positive and talented work, but they just need a support from people and they need people to see them not just as refugee, but as a human.

Nour Al Hariri and Burj: {speaks in Arabic - recites a rap they wrote}

Nour Al Hariri and her sister Burj, with thanks to Ataa Hamidi for interpreting the interview with Nour for us.

Mahmoud Hassino: Finally, we hear from Mohammad Khalf and after the interview, he shows Bairbre and Ataa some of his students photographs over the years.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: My name is Mohammed Khalf, from Syria. from Dara and born in Damascus.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: I started my volunteer work with children to help them take photographs,

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: I liked it when the children express their feelings through the photographs

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: From the beginning, I refused the idea that I was just a refugee. And I taught the children to be proud of being Syrian too.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: I'm proud to be helping to change the negative ideas around refugees and proud that I'm one of the people who helped create change in the camp.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: Some of the students I worked with have gone on to get work with some of the organizations and the camp

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: And these days I teach children in my house in a small school I've built at the side of my house.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: My volunteer work helps me to keep positive and be more motivated and have more opportunities in the camp for study and work.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: And this work helped me to be closer to the kids in the camp and to my own kids and helped me to decide to be a class teacher and start to study this in the university.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: I know that the change starts from inside us and I decided to strengthen myself more and more and do more volunteer work with the kids.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: And I focused more on the teaching process and help the kids because I want them all to be successful and to be changemakers

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: I want to say something to those who think that there is no creativity in the camp. There are many creative people here in the camp who are successful and talented. I just want to say as well that I'm constantly inspired by my wife, Salam.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Voice Actor: I know there's a lot of stereotypes around refugees that's why I tell the children to say I am not a refugee - Ana Surie - I am Syrian. And be proud of that.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Bairbre Flood: A car made out of disability wheelchair, and a caravan here.

Ataa Hamidi: Yes.

Bairbre Flood: That's so cool.

Ataa Hamidi: Different way like.

Bairbre Flood: It's good. Yeah. It's a good picture too.

Mohammad Khalf: {speaks in Arabic}

Bairbre Flood: These are beautiful.

Mohammad Khalf: Camera digital not professional.

Bairbre Flood: A digital camera. That's a very cool.

Ataa Hamidi: He looks not like a refugee -

Bairbre Flood: He looks like an actor!

Ataa Hamidi: He looks like he looks like a Syrian actor, Jamal Suliman.

Bairbre Flood: And these these photos are from all his students as well?

Ataa Hamidi: Yes this photo's from his students.

Bairbre Flood: They're beautiful.

Ataa Hamidi: {speaks in Arabic}

Mahmoud Hassino: Huge thanks to Ali, Muhammad Nour Al Balbisi, Nour Al Hariri and her sister Burj, Ataa Hamidi and Muhammad, Khalf. His wife, Salem, voice actor, Aboudi Dabbagh, and everyone in Mafraq and Zaatari, who helped with this episode. Links to the photographers and the short films they've produced are in the show notes, as are links to more of the work of Nour Al Hariri.

Thank you for listening from myself, Mahmoud Hassino, and producer Bairbre Flood. Music by Omar Al Kilani. Join us next time for our art episode. With artherestanbul, Syrian illustrator and artist Haya Halaw, and Irish-Pakistani artist Hina Khan. See you then! With thanks to the Pulitzer Center for funding support.

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**“UNESCO has listed Syrian traditional glassblowing in its List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.”**

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**“There are very few craftsmen left practicing the traditional glassblowing technique in Damascus, as industrialization and prolonged conflict threaten the transmission of these artisanal skills.”** *(NB: Paraphrased for summary, this draws from common knowledge and the preservation context mentioned regarding UNESCO.

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**“This ancient craft has been passed down through generations, producing not only utilitarian wares but also decorative art pieces that have become symbols of Syrian identity and resilience.”**

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Content: Manal AlDowayan to represent Saudi Arabia at Biennale Arte 2024

Artist Manal AlDowayan in Venice, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and the Visual Arts Commission, the Commissioner for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia

Artist Manal AlDowayan in Venice, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and the Visual Arts Commission, the Commissioner for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia

  • Manal AlDowayan is one of Saudi Arabia’s most significant contemporary artists, recognised internationally for her work that spans participatory practice, photography, sound and sculpture
  • The artist interrogates traditions, collective memories and the status and representation of women
  • The Saudi Pavilion is commissioned by the Ministry of Culture’s Visual Arts Commission
  • This will mark Saudi Arabia’s fourth participation in the Biennale Arte, and is the third National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia to feature woman artists

Artist Manal AlDowayan in Venice, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and the Visual Arts Commission, the Commissioner for the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Manal AlDowayan will represent Saudi Arabia at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place from 20 April to 24 November 2024. The Saudi Pavilion is commissioned by the Ministry of Culture’s Visual Arts Commission.

AlDowayan is one of Saudi Arabia’s most significant contemporary artists working internationally. Her work, which spans various mediums including photography, sound, sculpture, and participatory practice, interrogates traditions, collective memories and the status and representation of women.

AlDowayan acts as a critical witness to the cultural and social metamorphoses sweeping her home country, and her work in turn navigates a territory where the personal and the societal overlap. Her works explore themes such as invisibility, active forgetting, and collective memory. Through her decades-long practice, AlDowayan’s art resonates with audiences around the world, fostering connection, interaction, and engagement. She is best known for participatory installations such as Suspended Together (2011) and Esmi-My Name (2012), which are the result of participatory workshops offering channels for thousands of women in Saudi Arabia to reflect on social customs relating to the position of women in Saudi Arabia and further afield.

Commenting on her participation, AlDowayan says:

My approach to art over the last two decades has given me the chance to be part of a transformation that is taking place in my country. The Biennale Arte 2024 presents a rare opportunity to represent where I stand in my practice, positioned in the context of my community, my country, and the world as a whole.

More recently, AlDowayan performed From Shattered Ruins, New Life Shall Bloom at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in August 2023. There, she invited visitors to navigate the space which featured a landscape of totems topped with porcelain rolls filled with texts and images depicting narratives that have upheld structures around women for generations. In a conclusive collective gesture of protest against a history of control, participants destroyed the scrolls – ultimately stripping the words and images of their power and encouraging solidarity in the face of fragmentation of action and the need for a multipolar approach when it comes to helping women and girls around the world.

Dina Amin, Chief Executive Officer of the Visual Arts Commission says: At the Visual Arts Commission, our goal is to bring to the forefront the talent that resides within our country and to look for ways to nurture, amplify and celebrate it on local, regional and international stages. We are proud to be showcasing Manal AlDowayans work at the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, an important international platform for exchange.

This will mark Saudi Arabia’s fourth participation at the International Art Exhibitions of La Biennale di Venezia and is the third National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia to feature woman artists. A concept and further details surrounding AlDowayan’s installation will be announced at a later stage, but the artist revealed that the Saudi Pavilion will reflect on the Biennale Arte’s overarching theme. Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, will bring together artists to reflect on the differences and disparities conditioned by areas such as identity, nationality, race and gender, amongst others.

The exhibition will be on view from 20 April to 24 November 2024 at the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia’s permanent space at the Arsenale, Sale d’Armi, Venice, Italy.

Manal AlDowayan for The National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia, commissioned by the Visual Arts Commission, 20 April – 24 November: saudipavilion.org

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About Manal AlDowayan
AlDowayan is one of Saudi Arabia’s most significant contemporary artists working internationally. Her work, which spans various mediums including photography, sound, sculpture, and participatory practice, interrogates traditions, collective memories and the status and representation of women. AlDowayan’s work has been exhibited regionally and internationally in institutions such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, USA (2023); the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada (2023); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (2023); Misk Art Institute, Saudi Arabia (2023, 2022); Setouchi Triennale, Japan (2022); Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE (2023); Diriyah Biennale, Saudi Arabia (2022); Taehwa River Eco Festival, Korea (2021); V&A Museum, UK (2021); British Museum, UK (2021); Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia (2020); The Nobel Museum, Sweden (2019); the Aga Khan Museum, Canada (2018); Royal College of Art, UK (2018); Abu Dhabi Art, UAE (2017); Institut du Monde Arabe, France (2017); the Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE (2016); Santander Art Gallery, Madrid (2016); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (2015); Prospect New Orleans, American Biennial, USA (2014); Gwangju Museum of Art, South Korea (2014); Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar (2014); and in a Collateral Event at the Biennale Arte in 2009 and 2011, among others. Her works can be found in the collections of the British Museum, UK; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; the Centre Pompidou, France; Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim, USA. She participated in the Robert Rauschenberg Residency, USA (2015), and the artist-in-residence programme at the Delfina Foundation, UK (2009).

She holds an MA in Contemporary Art Practice in Public Spheres from the Royal College of Art, London. She also received a research fellowship from New York University Abu Dhabi (2014). Born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1973, AlDowayan currently lives and works between London, Dhahran and Dubai.

Website: https://www.manaldowayan.com/
Instagram: @manaldowayan
#ManalAlDowayan

About the Visual Arts Commission:
The Visual Arts Commission is one of 11 sector-specific commissions under the Ministry of Culture. Founded in 2020, it is leading the development of the visual arts sector in Saudi Arabia. The Commission is working to nurture the talent of art enthusiasts, practitioners, and professionals in the Kingdom, and support the production and exhibition of artwork in all its forms, locally and internationally.

To learn more about the Visual Arts Commission, please visit www.visualarts.moc.gov.sa/en and the commission’s page on Twitter @MOCVisualArts

About the Ministry of Culture:
Saudi Arabia has a vast history of arts and culture. The Ministry of Culture is developing Saudi Arabia’s cultural economy and enriching the daily lives of citizens, residents, and visitors.

Overseeing 11 sector-specific commissions, the Ministry is leading a cultural transformation to develop an abundant ecosystem that nurtures creativity, unlocks the economic potential of the sector and unleashes new and inspiring forms of expression.

Find the Ministry of Culture on social media: Twitter @MOCSaudi (Arabic); @MOCSaudi_En (English) | Instagram @mocsaudi

About the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia:
The National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia supports and celebrates the Kingdom’s artistic and architectural community. It serves as a meeting space for dialogue between creative minds, and an exchange of concepts and ideas. The pavilion provides a permanent home for research and ideation from the nation’s leading cultural voices.

To learn more about the National Pavilion of Saudi Arabia, please visit www.saudipavilion.org and on Instagram: @saudipavilion.

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Content: Meet Sumayya Vally, the woman behind the world's first ever Islamic Arts Biennale

Sumayya Vally   -  Copyright  Lou Jasmine
By Elise Morton

Changemaker, Pioneer, and One to watch.

These would all be fair descriptions of South African architect Sumayya Vally who is presently organising the world’s first Islamic Arts Biennale in Saudi Arabia.

Born in Pretoria (1990), Vally co-founded the experimental architecture and research firm, Counterspace, in 2015 and went on to become the youngest ever architect commissioned to design London’s famed Serpentine Pavilion in 2020.

The following year, Vally was recognized in the Time 100 Next list as an emerging leader shaping the future.

This year, Vally has undertaken a new challenge: designing the first ever Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arab. Taking on this role saw her reimagine Jeddah Airport’s mammoth Hajj Terminal – ordinarily known for hosting hundreds of thousands of Muslims making their sacred pilgrimage to Mecca – as a journey through centuries of Islamic creativity. The Islamic Arts Biennale 2023 runs in Jeddah until 23 April 2023.

Euronews Culture spoke to Vally on the Biennale and its mission, the oft-contested definition of “Islamic art”, and the perspective she brings as a young, South African, Muslim woman spearheading such a seminal art event.

Why the need for an Islamic Arts Biennale?

I strongly feel that there is a need to acknowledge that Islamic faith, Islamic practice and Islamic tradition can and should be making a creative contribution to the world.

I have been thinking deeply about this opportunity to create a temporary home, an entirely new physical setting, one which has such a profound significance in the context of the Muslim pilgrim’s journey, in which to invite artists and audiences to reflect on ritual – the sacred, the personal, and the communal.

I think platforms for sharing ideas, pavilions, and biennales, for example, are incredibly important in how they set the tone for the future and how they allow us to project our imaginations into those spaces. To understand that we have the opportunity to make the future of culture and cultural typologies through these voices and perspectives, which reference and resonate with such diverse geographies, is profound.

How do you see the significance of a woman, and particularly a young Muslim woman, being the artistic director for this event, both within the context of contemporary Saudi Arabia and contemporary Islam? What does it mean to you?

My deepest strength is the confluence of lenses through which I see the world - the woman in me, the African in me, the Muslim in me and - these can be seen as limitations (and of course professionally they are), but they are absolutely the reason I see the future of the world and the visions I have for it in the ways I do.

I believe that hybridity is an incredible strength. The biennale foundation team is made up of a cohort of (mostly) strong women, all of whom are around my age and have cultural overlap with my background and upbringing.

It has been incredibly special to see and truly witness the value of our perspectives in putting forth a project that is entirely different – shaped entirely from these authentic perspectives. I think from the experience I’ve had with our team, if the future of culture is indeed in these hands, we are going to see remarkable things happening from here.

How do you understand the term "Islamic art"?

Existing definitions of “Islamic art” often focus on style, tradition, geography, pattern, and geometry. The ambition of this biennale is to build on and challenge these criteria, expanding on the existing canon of Islamic art, and to question the narrative, museological, and artistic practices of this time. Islamic artworks may have surface similarities, but what really unites them is inherent in how they are made, used, and understood.

When we identify great artworks as “Islamic”, we are simultaneously honouring historical traditions by keeping them alive, and contemporary practices by giving them a history. It is important to situate contemporary work in the historical narrative because it is only in context that things can belong.

The works in the biennale are experiential – they put forth an entirely different definition for Islamic Art – rooted in the experiential, the oral, the aural, our ritual practices and the ingredients and infrastructures of gathering and community.

For example, Cosmic Breath by Joe Namy choreographs the adhan, or call to prayer, from 18 different locations, where one wouldn't necessarily expect the call to prayer to be called – a parking lot, a gas station, the side of the road somewhere, from across the world, Japan, Durban in South Africa, Detroit. And he's recorded these and choreographed them so that the call starts at the same time. And this is really reflecting on the idea of cosmic breath, that every second of the day the call to prayer is being called somewhere on Earth. And there are five a day, so when we stand up in prayer, we're joining this undulating rhythm and this undulating call.

So many of our practices are not able to be held in traditional archives because they're not written forms. They're spoken, they're oral, they're passed down from generation to generation, from body to body. Many of our artists are not only taking on these practices and interpreting them in contemporary artworks, but are really deeply inspired by historic objects and historic practices.

In the works curated for this biennale, faith is resonant in the artists’ method of practice, regardless of their own faith or background. For example, the work of South African artist Igshaan Adams, who works collectively, weaving his tapestries together with a group of women from his home community.

The subject matter of his work is Islamic, but there's also something of a meditative nature in the way that he practises, and this repetitive action of weaving is also a kind of spiritual practice. So, we chose artists who have something of a spiritual nature that comes from the faith in their practice.

Who do you see as the main audience(s) for the Biennale?

My hope is that this biennale is an opportunity to invite audiences to reflect on ritual, the sacred, the personal and the communal - to build on that definition and to think through what Islamic Arts means and can mean, for now and for the future. We have seen a true cross-section of Jeddah come to experience the biennale – for many, this is their first experience of art in a setting like this in their own context – we have seen young and old people alike return to the biennale with their families. It has also been very special to witness pilgrims come over from the functioning airport across the road.

I have been avalanched with generous messages from people who came to the opening of the biennale. Many of these messages expressed a wish for the biennale to be in the West so that non-Muslims can access it and learn more about Islam, and see it presented in this way: deeply personal expressions from our artists about our ways of being.

As much as this biennale is an open hand and an invitation for all – east, west, north, south – the power of seeing ourselves represented in this way is also at the heart of the project.

I hope to convey the generativity of Islamic thinking and practice and the diversity and breadth of the Muslim world through the biennale. The philosophies of the Islamic faith offer the potential to think about the future differently. I am thinking beyond the stylistic traditions that have been called Islamic arts, and I have a deep interest in making a contribution to the canon here, to learn from how the philosophies of Islam and how the life of being a Muslim can inspire creativity and creative thinking.

There are an infinity of untold stories, unheard voices to be told, retold, made and remade.

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Content: Surprise with algae and clay
Khruleva Inga
The main feature of the Sevastopol socio-cultural project “Kamka and Kil ” is products made of unique blue clay and the unexpected use of seaweed.
The creative project combines craft workshops and educational and leisure space, where they teach pottery, cook soap, soak in a bath and rejuvenate in a tank with black sea algae.
How it all started
Sergei and Olga Moskalyuk moved to Sevastopol from Moscow.
Being tourists and having traveled around different countries and cities, they fell in love with the Crimea and chose Sevastopol for life and creativity.
Their dream was to create an attractive tourist destination that combines production and interactive excursions.
In 2016, in the Delagardova beam, the couple built a manor and began to develop their project.
They believe that in the world of consumption, there is little to surprise a person who has everything, but you can help realize creative opportunities!
Based on this, enthusiasts decided, based on old practices and experience, to return interest in forgotten crafts, to teach children and everyone who wants to create utilitarian things by hand.
Today, in the open workshop "Kamka and keel" there are several craft "stations", educational programs and master classes have been developed, and even there they try to make various tourist souvenirs.
Children are the most responsive audience.
They always want to do something, they do not need to be persuaded and it is not difficult to interest them.
Only, small children do not hold the focus for so long, it is easier for them to do than to listen, so that young guests do not get tired, the estate has a choice of craft locations for different types of "doing", - said the head of the craft workshop O. Moskalyuk.
In just a season, interactive excursions in the workshops are visited by up to two thousand children.
Soap "Kil" - a souvenir legend
According to O. Moskalyuk, now souvenir soap is made by a huge number of people in different regions.
But the Kil soap, which is produced in Sevastopol as part of the project of the same name, is a special story.
- Keel's nowhere else.
Soap "Keel" is our thing, and around this we spin the story, - says the head of the workshop.
The Crimean keel is not just clay particles formed during the destruction of various rocks and settled on the bottom of the water basin, but the converted volcanic ash is bentonite clay.
It has long been mined near Sevastopol on Sapun Mountain (translated from Turkic "sapun" means soap) and in Balaklava.
Taurida vice-governor, scientist and traveler Karl Gablitz wrote in 1785: "Six versts from Inkerman... deserves a note fossil there from the earth soap clay, which Tatar and Turkish women in the baths for washing the head is used and in many places from Balaklava to Constantinople is released."
It is believed that this is one of the first descriptions of a special Crimean clay - keel, which was actively mined and used on the peninsula from ancient times until the middle of the 20th century.
Before the revolution on the peninsula was widely advertised expensive Sevastopol soap of the highest grade "Miracle of Crimea", made of keel and palm oil.
Everyone knows that soap is made from natural oils.
In our case, it is coconut, palm and fir.
Everything is natural.
The main idea of our soap is to use a keel.
We always tell our guests its unique story, - shares the secret of soap making O. Moskalyuk.
Soap "Kil" has a marble texture of stone.
Consists of 85% oil and 15% of the caring component - keel, it is added to soften the mass, and fir oil - for flavor.
According to O. Moskalyuk, cooking soap is “not a higher mathematics, but still a chemical process ”, so children do not participate in it, but watch it with pleasure.
Ceramics
Everyone wants to have handmade ceramics, but it ’ s an expensive product.
Producing ceramic products is interesting, but difficult.
The organizers of the project believe that a quality tourist souvenir is determined by two criteria: it should not be expensive and have its own history.
In their workshop, two pottery wheels and a kiln are installed, and they directed the focus of their creative activity towards conducting master classes on working with clay.
On excursions, visitors are told about the history of crafts, which traditions in the production of ceramics have been preserved on the peninsula.
In their work, the masters are guided by the age of the guests.
Young children are offered to sculpt angels from clay for the New Year, in the fall - vegetables: pumpkin, tomato, which can be used as caskets.
Teenagers prefer to make more complex things: cups, plates.
In this work, the tourists are assisted by professional artists-ceramists.
Algae rock
In addition to popular educational programs, the estate has a leisure space - a wood-fired sauna and a large cast-iron vat installed in the open air.
It can take health baths at the same time six people.
Under the tank there is a furnace, which allows you to maintain the water temperature at the optimal level depending on the time of year.
For rejuvenation, algae is added to the water - a stone that gives a relaxing and calming effect.
Kamka (translated from Turkic "spring") is a genus of green algae, common in the Black and Azov seas.
Its scientific name is Zoster.
Algae are rich in organic iodine, iron, zinc, copper, cobalt and other trace elements.
According to our interlocutor, recently kamka is in high demand.
These algae are also used as insulation in the construction of houses, for therapeutic and therapeutic purposes in the form of pillows and mattresses, bads and even seasoning.
Work with enthusiasm
In addition to soapmaking and ceramic production, the workshops in Delagardova Balka have platforms for the production of raw oils from seeds and chocolate from cocoa beans.
- Despite the fact that the project is actively developing, it is still difficult to work, - complains O. Moskalyuk. - We are not a commercial, but a socially oriented business.
But in connection with the pandemic and now, against the background of a special military operation, it is necessary to work with zero financial returns.
She and her husband have two companies - one non-profit with jurisdiction in Sevastopol, the second - IP - is registered in the Crimea.
“We do not change the jurisdiction, because in the Crimea at least small subsidies, but we receive.
There, with projects like ours, they work more quickly, ” O. Moskalyuk stressed.
According to her, their Sevastopol NGO is a creative project, and therefore it is difficult to identify.
Last year, they applied for participation in the competition for a grant announced by Rosturizm.
We wanted to re-equip the craft grounds to improve the quality of excursions, but did not receive a grant.
Officials explained that their NGO is “not quite tourist ”.
Since educational activities are more for the soul, you have to earn the production of souvenirs: soap, oil, ceramics.
“At the state level, the task is set to help artisans to sell their products through the development of fairs, but at the local level everything is done formally, ” O. Moskalyuk believes.
And they want to sell their souvenirs in conceptual shops, where the product is selected according to the meaning, has a history or legend.
But such fairs, in her opinion, there are in Evpatoria, in New Jerusalem, on Massandra beach in Yalta, but in Sevastopol they are organized only for a “tick ”.

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Society
The exhibition of NHP products of the Nizhny Novgorod region is organized in the Syrian province of Latakia
07 June 2023 09: 26 [87] Society
Photo: press service of the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region
The exhibition of NHP products of the Nizhny Novgorod region is organized in the Syrian province of Latakia.
Representatives of JSC "Khokhloma painting" and LLC "Koval", which produces knives, held master classes for children and adults in the province of Latakia as part of the visit of the delegation of the Nizhny Novgorod region to the Syrian Arab Republic.
The events are organized in the house of culture of Latakia, where young participants tried themselves in the painting of traditional nesting dolls, and adult guests watched the process of making and decorating the knife.
“In terms of the richness of folk arts, the region occupies a leading place in Russia, and we consider it especially important to introduce them to our partners from other countries.
The language of creativity is a universal language that is understandable anywhere in the world, so the participants liked master-classes on painting dolls and knife making, ” said Sergey Yakovlev, Minister of Tourism and Crafts of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
He expressed hope that in the future Syria will revive its unique crafts and present them at Nizhny Novgorod sites within the framework of thematic festivals of folk art crafts.
In addition, the opening of the exhibition "Where the dream meets" by the famous Nizhny Novgorod artist Natalia Pankova took place.
The guests are presented with 30 paintings - from unusual portraits to original abstractions.
"There are a lot of guests, people who are not indifferent, interested in art.
Among them are Syrians – those who once studied in the USSR and are still interested in what is happening in Russia, musicians and artists from Latakia.
In addition, the exhibition was visited by our compatriots.
Reviews are the most positive, one of the comments: "Looking at your work I want to live."
Isn ’ t this the most important thing that the artist can hear from people who survived the war and the recent earthquake? ” shared Natalia Pankova.
Recall that the delegation of the Nizhny Novgorod region under the leadership of Deputy Governor Peter Bannikov is on a visit to the Syrian Arab Republic from 4 to 9 June.
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Content: The Golden Bridge of Friendship
Natalia Portnyagina, West Kazakhstan region
In Uralsk ended the international festival "Altyn kopir".
The purpose of the festival, which has already become a tradition, is to establish close social and cultural contacts with the Kazakh diasporas living in the border regions of Russia through joint events, to provide methodological and organizational support in the study of the native language.
Since 2019, "Altyn kopir", which means "Golden Bridge", takes place in the format of a camp.
Gradually, those who promote the Kazakh language and culture among fellow countrymen - teachers, curators, members of public associations and Kazakh diasporas - were added to the number of its participants.
This time, the Urals met representatives from several regions of the Russian Federation.
At the solemn opening of the festival, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Department of Culture, Language Development and Archival Affairs of the West Kazakhstan Region and the international community "Kazakh tili" in the Orenburg region, where one of the largest Kazakh diasporas of Russia lives.
In the afternoon – dialogue platforms with the participation of leaders of public opinion, meetings with historians, linguists and representatives of youth organizations, and in the evening – friendly matches in volleyball, football and board games, excursions to cultural and historical objects of the region, watching historical films about Kazakhstan in the open air.
The guests of the festival took part in seminars on the topics "Ulttyk code - rukhani zhangyru negіzi" and "Shezhіre - ultyk tarikhtyn bir tarmagy", held a team building "On the wave of friendship", learned the basics of playing on the dombra and folk applied creativity.
A rich cultural program was able to immerse compatriots in the traditions of their ancestors to the maximum.
A teacher of the Department of Fine Arts and Design of the West Kazakhstan University named after M. Utemisov Aliya Yesengalieva was invited to the festival to hold a master class on nightmares.
– Today I teach the guests of the festival to make a seamless bag of wool.
In two hours you can make its basis, and then decorate to your taste with beads or yarn.
From wool you can make a lot of items of clothing, everyday life, interior.
For Kazakhs, this craft is the face of the nation.
I am glad that now we see its revival, and not only in Kazakhstan.
Ethnodesign is so trendy that felting has become a licensed activity in many countries.
The skills of making tumar with a sign of a kind of chairman of the board of the Samara regional public organization "Center of Culture" Kazakhs Samara ", the artistic director of the Kazakh creative groups of the Samara region, having the title of" national ", Aigul Zhalelova will gladly pass on to his students.
The memory of our ancestors is an unchanging part of each of us.
I think that we will definitely do such panels in our school, ” she says.
Kazakh Sunday school "Ak bulak" operates on the basis of the center of extracurricular work of Samara.
Classes are held according to licensed programs on the language, life and traditions of the Kazakh people, as well as folk choreography.
Classes two or three times a week, mostly on weekends, are attended by about fifty children.
Aigul Narimanovna is from Kazakhstan, most of her life lived in Russia.
As part of the festival, she was able to replenish the baggage of knowledge of the Kazakh language.
– I teach the language in Sunday school, – she continues. – Among my students there are children who are striving to connect their future with Kazakhstan, so the main thing for them is to learn the language.
I am proud that the knowledge gained at our school has become an opportunity for many graduates to connect with their historical homeland.
In the Samara region, many events are held aimed at the development of Kazakh culture and language.
Among the major joint projects are the recent international competition "Tan Sholpan", which was attended by more than ten regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, the festival of Kazakh dance named after Shary Zhienkulova, the international Olympiad in the Kazakh language.
Among the guests of the festival were those for whom it became the strongest motivation to learn the language of ancestors.
- My great-grandfather spoke and wrote in Kazakh, read the Koran.
Grandfather and grandmother communicate freely, mother, her sisters and brothers do not speak, but understand.
And our generation no longer speaks and does not understand, - Ekaterina Bakusheva from Saratov tells about her roots. - I want to pass on the language and traditions to children.
Of course, a few lessons during the festival will not radically change the situation with my level of language proficiency.
But this push is very important.
We have a great team in our camp.
There are participants from Russia who speak Kazakh well.
They and the volunteers, if we do not understand, switch to Russian, explain.
Gradually you begin to remember forgotten words, expressions that were used in conversations with us by grandparents.
When studying, practice is necessary: in the family, in national cultural centers, at such festivals.
The participants of the festival shared their experience, how the work on preserving traditions and studying languages is carried out.
“Our exemplary ensemble of Kazakh dance“ Aigerim ” is 25 years old, ” says the head of the collective Asel Karimova.
- It operates at the Siberian center of Kazakh culture "Moldir", which unites the Kazakh diaspora in Omsk for 33 years. - We sing, dance, play national instruments.
Elders try to communicate with young people in their native language, we learn Kazakh through songs.
I think language courses are effective at the festival, I will take note of some methods so that children will be interested in the classes.
The intensive program of the Altyn Kopir camp ended with the national festival “Til – tutastyk tuy ”, where guests from the border regions of Russia presented several creative performances.
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- "We can, if we want."

- "The organizers of the project believe that a quality tourist souvenir is determined by two criteria: it should not be expensive and have its own history."

- "In their work, the masters are guided by the age of the guests."

- "The participants of the Gatchina project got acquainted with the history and culture of Izhora, traditions of local life and way of life, folk crafts and crafts."

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Content: Izhora Culture Centre in Vistino: from mittens to pottery
Participants of the project “From a needlewoman to a manufacturer of souvenirs ”, organized by the non-profit organization“ Planet of Good ” from p.
Siversky, visited the Museum of Izhora Culture in the village of Vistino, Kingisepp district.
The purpose of the trip was to get acquainted with the deeds and fruits of the hands of the masters of the Soykin Peninsula.
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Within the framework of the project “From needlework to the manufacturer of souvenirs ”, lectures, master classes in needlework and field classes are held.
The main goal of the project is the production of high-quality souvenir products for guests of the Leningrad region and, in particular, the Gatchina district.
One of these outbound classes was a trip of the project participants to the Soykin Peninsula, to the village of Vistino, where a unique ethnographic complex is located - the Museum of Izhora Culture.
The participants of the project got acquainted with the way of life and life of the indigenous peoples of the Soykin region, with the Izhora master knitters, visited the pottery workshop.
But the main topic of the lesson was a kind of master class on turning their own products into sought-after souvenirs by tourists and locals.
Features of national tourism on the Soykin Peninsula
On the way to the village of Vistino, the project participants listened to a small lecture on the ways to develop the tourism industry in the current realities.
The tourism industry is currently actively focused on domestic tourism, and it, like any other type of tourism, has many components - from logistics and services to the purchase of local products, in particular, souvenirs.
And in this sense, the trip to the Soykin Peninsula was very important.
Izhora Museum is known not only for its wonderful local lore exposition, but also for the fact that it is a launching pad for the development of creativity and folk crafts.
According to the staff of the museum, it is with the history of cultural heritage that any initiative aimed at the future can begin.
The Soykin Peninsula is located more than a hundred kilometers west of St. Petersburg.
The indigenous inhabitants of the peninsula are representatives of the Finno-Ugric Izhora people.
Here you can still hear the Izhora speech, the famous Izhora singing, join the national traditions of this people.
The village of Vistino is considered a kind of unofficial Izhora capital of our days.
It is here, on the border of two villages - Vistino and Ruchya, that the ethnographic museum of the history and life of the Izhora people is located.
According to the director of the Izhora Museum Elena Kostrova, it was formed in 1993, in the former building of the primary school.
In 2015, a young creative team came to the museum, and life in the whole district literally turned around.
- In fact, we are not museum workers by profession, we all have different education, - says Elena Kostrova. - I am by profession - a director, our master potter Dmitry Tkachev - a teacher, a teacher of art, drawing and technology.
Our guide Nikita Dyachkov is a culturologist who has Izhora roots and knows Izhora language.
We do all this with our own hands and work.
For five years, the sponsor watched the actions of our team, only then offered his help.
We had to develop one of the directions – pottery, which once flourished here in the Yamburg district, on the territory of the village of Big Aspiration.
The sponsors helped us build a pottery center.
In 2020, the governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, came to open it, who twisted his first plate here with his own hand.
There will never be support for nothing, and no one will notice you.
You have to do something first...
Land of fishermen and needlewomen
Currently, the museum space in the village of Vistino includes two wooden buildings.
In one of them there is an ethnographic museum with an attic for classes and conferences.
In another building, the Izhora Language and Skills Center is located.
The main exposition is located in two halls on the first floor of the museum building.
The participants of the Gatchina project got acquainted with the history and culture of Izhora, traditions of local life and way of life, folk crafts and crafts.
All the exhibits were produced in different ways.
Most of them were brought by people from their homes, and some were found in burial grounds, which are enough on the Soykin Peninsula.
The age of some archaeological finds is hundreds and thousands of years.
A significant place in the exhibition is occupied by items related to marine fishing, which is not surprising: for Izhora it was the most important fishery for more than one hundred years.
- Almost all the idols were engaged in fishing, - says Elena Kostrova. - Here were strong dynasties, fishermen for a long time went to the sea.
They lived in boardhouses, women gave birth to children there, and all the Izhortsy therefore were strong, healthy, tall, strong.
By the way, on the Soykin Peninsula at one time flourished well-known throughout the country fishing collective farm "Baltika", which in recent years, unfortunately, fell into decline.
While men were fishing, women were engaged in housework and needlework.
On the Soykin Peninsula, oats, flax and some other crops were grown.
The museum presents samples of linen products with a unique ornamental embroidery, made in red and blue colors.
How an ordinary mitten became a regional souvenir
Particular attention of the participants of the Gatchina project was attracted by the stand with a collection of mittens with a variety of ornaments, each of which has its own history and meaning.
As Elena Kostrova said, ornamental knitting is another iconic tradition of the Soykin Peninsula.
- Everyone kept sheep here, everyone knitted, - says Elena Ivanovna. - Mittens and socks were made of coarse wool - warm and prickly.
Women preserved and transmitted the memory of the traditional Izhora ornaments, the variety of which is represented on these mittens.
Once these ornaments were a kind of language: for example, from the ornament of the mittens it was possible to find out from which family the daughter-in-law came.
Izhora Museum is a participant of the large-scale project “Villaväki – Woolen People ”, which is aimed at preserving and developing traditional occupations of the indigenous peoples of the Leningrad region, related to the processing of wool and the manufacture of clothing, toys and household items made of wool.
In Vistino, a program for the revival of traditional ornaments and knitting mittens "Ornaments Izhora Soykinsky Krai" has been implemented for several years.
- At first, we had only five old ornaments and three participants in the project, - says Elena Kostrova. - In fact, we carried out the reconstruction of these ornaments.
To date, we have more than thirty women who have become good, strong masters themselves.
They knit at home, go to fairs and sell their products.
By the way, the largest fair on the territory of the museum is the festival of Izhora culture, which takes place in July.
Many of the Izhora masters are already under ninety years old.
They not only knit socks and mittens, but also work to preserve the unique culture of ancient peoples, creating on the basis of museum samples of traditional knitting copies of Finnish, water, Izhora objects.
Some of them work, as they say, “from the Sokha ”.
So, for example, the participant of the project Valentina Vasilyevna herself breeds and grows sheep, sheds them, processes wool, spins it on a real spinning wheel, and then knits wonderful mittens.
The participants of the Gatchina project were pleased to meet Valentina Vasilyevna, who held a small master class on spinning wool for them.
The librarian of the Kobrin school Anna Surina has a special interest in this process.
- My grandmother constantly spun dog and sheep wool, - she says. - Now I have a dream to learn how to spin with a spindle and a spinning wheel.
I've already started buying equipment and got Angora rabbits.
Currently, souvenirs from natural materials - wood and wool are in great demand.
The master in the pottery
Near the Center of Izhora Language and Craftsmanship, under glass caps are samples of ceramics made in the Soyka pottery workshop.
In the workshop itself, work is constantly boiling - potter Dmitry Tkachev works here.
Pottery production has always been an integral part of the traditional culture of the Izhora people.
The main production of this fishery was in the village of Big Aspiration, where by the beginning of the XX century there were about a hundred workshops.
In 2014, the Izhora Museum began research and practical work to revive the pottery of the Soykin region.
Unfortunately, the culture of burning the Great Aspiration is lost today, and there are practically no masters left.
Dmitry Tkachev is engaged in the reconstruction of pottery, not only preserving the forms of traditional pottery, which have reached us, but also recreating them literally from archaeological fragments.
There is only one departure from traditional fishing: the improvement of clay processing technology.
Products of the workshop "Soyka" can be seen at the exhibition of ceramics of gas firing and at the stands of the photo exhibition "Graphics".
At the same time, on the territory of the Izhora Museum, programs are being implemented to teach children and young people pottery and the Izhora language.
What unites us
Gatchina craftsmen were greatly impressed by what they saw in the Center of Izhora Culture.
Someone gathered new ideas and began to better understand how to establish their own production of souvenir products.
Someone was pleased with the scale of Soikin residents, whose activities have long been of serious interest to tourist structures - even despite the difficulties of travel to this remote corner of the region.
- A very interesting museum, - says the head of the Kartashevsky patchwork club "Sudarushki" Anna Gradovich. - What we have seen is in Russian culture, and at the same time we see some differences.
Something we take from the ijor, something they take from us.
It is very important now to talk about the different nationalities of Russia, about what unites us, not divides us.
It is important to bring our cultures together.
This is what happens when we communicate, when we listen to each other, delving into the culture, traditions and history of each nation – albeit through needlework.
In general, the topic itself - "From needlewomen to souvenir manufacturers" - is very interesting and promising.
Women in our club are creative, but sometimes we do not understand how to apply, to realize our skills and talents.
We sew for ourselves, have already supplied our products to all relatives and friends.
But the person still reaches for creativity and continues to do something.
Our project helps us to think creatively and understand where and how to apply our creativity, how to sell our products, which can be in demand in our cultural centers, museums, at holidays...
Julia Lysanyuk

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- "There will never be support for nothing, and no one will notice you."

- "Someone gathered new ideas and began to better understand how to establish their own production of souvenir products."

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Content: In the village of Chervishevo held a summer "School of young ceramist"
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Summer "School of young ceramist" ended in the village of Chervishevo.
75 children aged 5 to 15 years studied materials for modeling, created figures and learned the features of work in the workshop of author's ceramics.
The result of the training will be an online exhibition, which will be held from August 20 to 30.
The author of the school was Daria Gassman, who won the All-Russian competition of youth projects among individuals in 2019 and received a grant.
The students attending the school were divided into groups of 12-14 people.
They will present their works at the exhibition, which will be posted online on the website.
After that, the children will receive diplomas and will be able to take work home.
“Only students who are on display will be able to participate in the exhibition.
Anyone can see the work.
In the near future, the page of the exhibition will be ready, ” said the author of the project Daria Gassman.
She also said that during the online exhibition will be held a vote for the best works.
Three students will receive the Audience Award.
In three more nominations, the winners will be determined by an expert jury of young artists, writes "Megatyumen".
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- "Dummar Incubator for Heritage Crafts is the first development project to protect the Syrian heritage from extinction and maintain its continuity, and provides the right conditions for professionals to innovate, develop ideas and access heritage products with creative ideas."

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Content: Dummar Incubator for Heritage Crafts is the first development project to protect the Syrian heritage from extinction and maintain its continuity, and provides the right conditions for professionals to innovate, develop ideas and access heritage products with creative ideas.
Khobar Code: 576992
Publication date: 27 September 2021
The incubator is the product of an idea that is part of an integrated scientific research entitled "Syrian heritage between the heritage of the past and the challenges of the present", a research that won the Syrian Innovation Award for 2014, and was invested by the General Federation of Craft Associations with interest and support from the central leadership of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
He pointed out that the incubator consists of several departments, including the Assad Academy of Craft Arts, in addition to workshops for craftsmen, a cultural center, an exhibition hall, and a commercial center whose mission is to promote and market the craft product in local and foreign markets.
He complained that the incubator provides support for small projects.
The Director of Dummar Incubator for Traditional Crafts said that the incubator ’ s work is based on providing the possibility of gathering various “kar sheikhs ” and craftsmen in one place, which leads to the generation of new ideas through this convergence and convergence and access to new projects.
On the objectives of the incubator, he stressed that "it aims to establish branches in all the province and friendly countries as the basis for the development of small projects."
In turn, Nabil Karkutli, who specializes in alternative energy, pointed out that the objectives of the presence of his craft in the incubator aims to qualify cadres to make alternatives to imports to face the Caesar law as well as recycling materials, in addition to the production of alternative energy devices, especially solar energy.
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- "Damascus is known as the incubator of this industry, which is one of the oldest Syrian industries."

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Content: (Hakawati) Drama of the beautiful time and nice Ramadan evenings
Damascus-Sana
The image presented to us by the visual space through its channels, which compete strongly for the premiere of its dramas in Ramadan, is only a natural evolution of an art that began more than a hundred years ago, based on the story, using the efforts of one hero, the storyteller, how did the art of storytelling begin?
RAMADAN NIGHTS
A storyteller, storyteller, storyteller or storyteller, by definition, is a person who has been a storyteller in homes, shops and cafes, who used to crowd around people in the past, not only telling the story in constant interaction with his audience, but motivated by enthusiasm to embody the role of the character that he tells about with movement and voice.
Hakawati is a profession that relied on one character, the character of the storyteller, she possessed her own treasure of diversity and difference, and she roams the psychological character in all respects and depends on the extension and prolongation of the story so that it turns into a night series that can cover the days of the month of Ramadan.
Folk cafes are a theater for storytellers
With his voice and image, Hakawati is the alonis of the Ramadan evenings, telling stories of heroism and manhood in front of a group of people in the popular cafes. Mohammed Khair Kilani, who for thirty years embodied the role of Hakawati in the Ramadan evenings of Homs, showed that the popular cafes were the center of Hakawati and his stories were linked to the holy month. She, they follow attentively his movements and his interaction with the storytelling and sometimes embodying the role of her characters.
Al-Hakawati is a character, according to Kilani, was once considered a means of collective entertainment and education for the real and fictional stories of heroism and the promotion of moral values and positive behaviors, pointing to the most famous tales known (Antara, Al-Zir Salem, Al-Himma, and Strange Beni Hilal) and others.
The origin of the folk tale
The East was the source of popular tales, as most studies and researches in the field of the history of the emergence of the folk tale, and the opinions differ between those who consider the Arab East the source of the tale and its origin as the Babylonians, Assyrians and Pharaohs, and between Persia and India is the origin of the tale, and then moved from it to Mesopotamia according to the book of the popular tale between the past and the present by Mustafa Muhammad Ali Mystic.
The popular tale was known in the Arab heritage early on, as the books of Tabari, Isfahani, Masoudi, Ibn Kathir and others gathered many of these tales, which were known in the pre-Islamic era and what followed, mixed with the traditions and news of kings, as well as what was deposited in the collective memory of old news and facts.
It was formed in the beginnings in the public circles did not take care of anyone of the private, except as a kind of nice Asmar, and in the second century AH accounted for the interest of news and poets and writers, especially in the Abbasid era where translated Ibn al-Maqba book (Kalila and Damna) and increased interest in the third and fourth centuries, and mentioned historian Hamza Esfahani that it was in his era of books of the brown hands circulation Of the seventy books, books on the Hadiths of Sinbad and the Snail and the Mouse also appeared during the period when there was a wide discussion about the introduction of the tales of One Thousand and One Nights into the Arab heritage.
It ’ s a job that doesn ’ t die in Damascus.
In 1990, Rasheed al-Hakawati al-Damascene revived the profession of Hakawati at the coffee shop (al-Nawfra) at the request of the owner of the coffee shop Abu Saleh al-Rabat grandfather and the heads of religious rituals, where they decided to serve it after the Maghreb prayer until the Isha ’ an to be served in Ramadan after the Taraweeh prayer.
Hakawati Al-Sham Rashid Al-Hallaq started the art of Hakawati for the intangible cultural heritage since 1990 and continued until 2014 at the Nofra Café and was presenting stories that combine lessons and awareness, where he dealt with the story of the apparent King Bebars, Antra bin Shadad Al-Absi and many others.
On this subject, Shadi Alhallaq, Jr., spoke in a statement to SANA correspondent, saying that the tourist delegations had a permanent stop in the cafe to attend the Hakawati and take commemorative pictures with him, pointing to the works of his father Rashid, which exceeded the Syrian borders, where he participated in the Jerash Festival in Jordan in 1992 and until 1995 on the theater of sound and light. Hump, participated with the UNESCO Committee of the Medleheart Project for the Protection of the Heritage of the Mediterranean Countries in 2010.
Shadi the barber deepened his father ’ s career and began searching for the mythical and historical stories loved by the audience of storytellers from Syrian cafes and collected handwritten books and restored them as the story of One Thousand and One Nights and the sword of the son of Yazan. The French Institute for Middle Eastern Studies printed the story of the apparent king Bebars with the help of his father to explain some words and their meanings.
The son of the barber pointed to the heritage treasure that he found during the search operations, which was written in a coded language, which he discovered that it is a tent of Karkouz and preachers of Syria, where his father explained to him how to present and make them of leather, colors, ways of moving and the names of the pieces and their recipes to present the first presentation of shadow fiction in the presence of a group of shadow fiction.
Shadi Alhallaq practiced this profession with the art of Hakawati until it was classified by UNESCO on the list of urgent conservation in cooperation with the Syrian Secretariat for Development and provided a workshop to teach 22 students to make shadow and animation and teach them the basics of the profession and traditional craft.
Hereditary career:
Shadi went on to turn the Hakawati profession into a continuous work project for him and his children, pointing out that it is his profession that he loves and he continued in it after the death of his father in 2014 and continued the journey of Hakawati Al-Sham with the shadow imagination and currently his children learn this art.
Jawad bin Rashid, the oldest barber, has performed shadow fiction since he was nine years old at Qasr al-Azm Theater in the festival of (grandparents to grandchildren) and now he is 10 years old has more than 40 shadow fiction shows, the youngest of them and helps his father manufacture pieces and make presentations.
Eight-year-old Rashid is also learning the profession of storyteller and shadow fiction, and five-year-old Jad is driven by his passion for shadow fiction, which he drinks from his family, to provide dialogues at home and for the family.
Hakawati is a comprehensive artist:
Hakawati Ammar Jarrah says in a statement to SANA correspondent: The character of Hakawati is a historical figure known from the immaterial heritage inherited from generation to generation, and he has been working in this field since 2000 and every year of the month of Ramadan appears in this character to protect it from extinction, like the shadow imagination (Karkouz and Ewaz), and the world fund to remain in memory.
Al-Jarrah pointed out that he is working on developing it to suit the people ’ s desire through his presence with his audience in traditional restaurants and cafes, choosing local stories that carry humor and interest to the public in addition to the presence of an oriental takht to play music, and the presentation of the Mesharati segment.
Tarek Ali, one of the listeners of the storytellers, said that the choice of the presence of storytellers for the folklore stories and the stories of his heroes revives the beautiful times, where he catches their eyes with the tone of his voice, which rises and falls in harmony with the course of events and the enthusiasm contained in his story.
Lawyer Rana Bakbashi found in the character of Hakawati a return to the revival of the immaterial heritage, and to create an atmosphere of love and harmony, and a little away from the pressures of life in addition to attracting the young generation to listen to the championships of Antra and Abu Zaid al-Hilali and learn the values of chivalry and Arab ethics.
Economic and Heritage Project
Hakawati is not only a profession, but the details of the owner of the profession carry with it a growing economic importance in the Syrian society, starting from the clothes of Hakawati, which includes a dark red cowl on the head and a bra made of hand looms and long Shami pants. The zenar is a roll of Damasco fabric, Damasco brocade, in addition to a shawl on the shoulders of silk and an Arabic jacket called Damer. The silk belly is as black as the trousers are black and the storytellers sit in the public cafes on a chair that represents the work of the hands of the Damascene craftsmen of carved wood and mosaic restaurant with seashells.
These details represent traditional heritage crafts bearing the distinctive Syrian character of Damascene brocade, Aghbani mosaic, engraving and engraving on wood and shells, explained by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Syrian Development Society Ramal Saleh, indicating that this heritage has become a development project for many Syrian families through the project (Orient House for Heritage) launched by the Society with the support of the Syrian Trust for Development, which includes 13 artisans. Zain, whose workshops were destroyed by the terrorist war on Syria, was collected in an old Arab house with an area of about 750 meters, and provided them with production tools and requirements to preserve the cultural and cultural heritage and their production is present in external and local exhibitions.
Saleh pointed out that the Aghbani industry is also one of the most important projects of the Association, which was established at the end of 2017, which brings together women affected by the war in Douma city in Damascus countryside, where it started with four women to include 450 women within four years.
As for the Damascus brocade, Saleh pointed out that it is one of the finest and most luxurious fabrics in the world, as it is woven from natural silk threads extracted from silkworm cocoons, a luxurious fabric woven on the hand loom and added to it golden and silver threads. Damascus is known as the incubator of this industry, which is one of the oldest Syrian industries.
Saleh added that the Damascene brocade reflects the culture, nature and history of the region through the drawings called princesses or Damascene cloth and its threads woven the most beautiful paintings and prints such as the lover and the mahshooq, Salahuddin, Romeo, Juliet, Damascus rose and Damascus jasmine. The brocade is expensive because of the difficulty of extracting natural silk and the presence of silver and gold threads inside.
Saleh said that Damascus included several factories for the production of Damascus brocade, the most famous of which was the Naasan factory for handicrafts near Bab Sharqi. The importance of Naasan Palace with the factory lies in the fact that its founder is one of the mosaic and brocade artists, the young Georges Naasan, who built the factory in 1720 in Bab Sharqi to pour his leadership in the mosaic school itself.
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- "Damascus included several factories for the production of Damascus brocade, the most famous of which was the Naasan factory for handicrafts near Bab Sharqi."

- "The exhibition aims to highlight the traditional handicrafts and crafts and folklore professions to revive them by training the younger generations and mastering their industry to preserve them."

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Content: Exhibition of craft products by Syrian and Russian artists in the public park in Aleppo
Halab-Sana
On the grounds of the public park in the city of Aleppo, the activities of the exhibition of craft products were launched today, with the participation of 20 craftsmen and artists from Syria and the Russian Federation.
The exhibition, organized by the Ministry of Industry in cooperation with the Russian Cultural Center in Damascus, the Federation of Artisans in Aleppo and the Syrian Professional Center Association, includes a collection of heritage and artistic works, paintings of Ajami thread, ornaments and handicrafts of wool, orphans, leather, rugs, carpets, bamboo and silver industry.
According to the President of the Union of Artisans in Aleppo, Mohammed Hossam Hallak, in a statement to SANA correspondent, the exhibition aims to highlight the traditional handicrafts and crafts and folklore professions to revive them by training the younger generations and mastering their industry to preserve them.
Mustafa al-Nu, President of the Syrian Professional Center Association, pointed out that the association worked to attract professionals and handicrafts, and provided them with financial grants to encourage them to continue their work, to preserve these crafts from extinction, in addition to training young people wishing to learn these crafts and develop them to suit the times.
The Russian artist Yuri Lishin, famous for the manufacture of blowing on glass, talked about his professionalism for more than 54 years, and his participation in many exhibitions in the world, indicating that his visit to Syria to learn about the glass industry, and participate in workshops on the manufacture of hand glass in Syria.
A number of participants noted the importance of the exhibition, which allows for the marketing of their products, where Zakaria Sultan, who works in the craft of silver and peat breaking, explained that he participates with silver and copper products and accessories made by hand in various forms for swimming pools, steadfastness, image cadres and chandeliers, in addition to grafting copper on wood, calling for providing the necessary support to maintain this profession.
The craftsman Ayman Saeed presented the results of the drawing on wood, which is called Ajami art, and stated that he learned to make this art and plant motifs and painting in Arabic calligraphy in the association, and became a trainer contributing to the revival of heritage, and that the exhibition is an important opportunity to market his products.
Artist Tala Naravyan participated in watercolor, oil and other paintings painted with pencils and charcoal, talking about the Armenian and Arab heritage and the neighborhoods of Aleppo and its citadel, pointing out that she participates to introduce people to the components of the rich Syrian heritage through painting because it constitutes the language of the world.
Samira Misto, who works in the craft of making the ancient traditional macrame, using colored threads and ropes to decorate the Koran, mirrors, clothes and jewelry, pointed out that she is working to develop this profession by adding beads and tree trunks to revive and preserve it.
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- "The General Union is following up within its plan to qualify and train cadres on an ongoing basis to maintain these crafts as well as create promotional and marketing opportunities for them through the establishment of such events."

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The aroma of roses reeks in the Arab Cultural Center in Abu Rummaneh
Damascus-Sana
The Directorate of Culture of Damascus, in cooperation with Dummar Central Incubator for Craft Arts, organized today a seminar entitled “Extraction of essential and plant oils and perfume design ” at the Arab Cultural Center in Abu Rummaneh.
The seminar was presented by the trainer Mohammed Mazen Zakour and included an exhibition of various traditional handicraft products within the plan of the Ministry of Culture to support and encourage craftsmen.
The head of the General Union of Craftsmen, Naji al-Hadwa, said in a statement that traditional crafts are a treasure we possess and reflect the quality of the Syrian worker's professionalism through what he produces and the duty of the General Union of Craftsmen to preserve and develop it, including the establishment of such kind of exhibitions and seminars, which may be framed within the productive institutions owned by the General Union or in partnership with other ministries such as the Ministry of Culture.
Al-Hadwa stressed that the General Union is following up within its plan to qualify and train cadres on an ongoing basis to maintain these crafts as well as create promotional and marketing opportunities for them through the establishment of such events.
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Content: Samples of the Damascene Literary Heritage Attend an Exhibition and Seminar in the Culture of Infection
Damascus-Sana
In the exhibition “Heritage Crafts are Inherited by the Fragrance of History ” hosted by the Adawi Cultural Center, the artworks varied between glass decoration, Damascene brocade and various handicrafts.
The exhibition was followed by an introductory seminar on these arts for the Sheikhs of Carr and craftsmen specialized in these professions under the supervision of the handicraft trainer Rowaa Yousef.
Youssef Lassana explained that the exhibition was dedicated to traditional professions in general and handicrafts, especially such as brocade, painting on glass, Islamic motifs and handicrafts to maintain their continuity and importance.
Mohammed Bassam Rayhan Sheikh Al-Karar in painting on glass and decoration spoke in his intervention about the history of this craft, its forms, fields of work and materials used in it, pointing out that the glass, which was the first to be invented by the Phoenicians, evolved in Damascus throughout history and was painted on the mishkat and lanterns using oxides and various materials, thermal colors, acrlik and others.
The Damascene brocade craftsman Mohammed Rankous explained in his intervention that this cloth is made of natural silk and golden reed yarns and attributed to Damascus because it took its character, heritage and environment, such as the painting of Omar Khayyam, the Levantine Rose, grape clusters, the lover and the beloved, and the octagonal geometric drawings, pointing out that this craft entered the cultures of different civilizations.
Nasruddin Mohammed is a graduate of applied arts and a drawing teacher who participated in paintings for his students from children and boys. In his intervention, he explained the history of the Damascene plant decoration, its methods, types and schools such as Andalusian, Persian and Damascene, and its differences in decoration, diggings, mirrors and miniatures, indicating that its history dates back to the Andalusian civilization, which was its main creativity in palaces and buildings.
Mohammed Sabha is a bridal craftsman who participated in a group of decorative glass works for brides and explained that he has completed a model of a waterfall flowing from an electric mountain that is operated by hand from cardboard, wood and cork inspired by his ideas.
Rana Ayoub participated in a group of works of three-dimensional models and miniatures of the Levant environment. She explained that she chose this environment because she grew up and lived in it and adored it. It is necessary to inform future generations of their heritage and history, pointing out that she works with cork, wood, natural materials, gypsum, ceramic paste and others.
Bilal Ahmed

**Summary of Importance According to Your Request:**

- Damascus is historically renowned as the center of Syrian artisanal industries – including traditional glassblowing, one of its oldest crafts.

- The preservation and transmission of these crafts is urgent, as demonstrated by projects like the Dummar Incubator for Heritage Crafts, which aims to protect Syrian heritage crafts from extinction and support their continuity by fostering innovation and developing professional skills.

- Craft exhibitions and unions are actively working not just to sustain these crafts among existing artisans, but to systematically engage and train the younger generation so that mastery of these skills is passed on, and to promote the crafts through marketing and public events.

- There is a recognized need to educate future generations about the significance of these heritage traditions as a key part of Syrian cultural identity.

- These efforts reflect the goals and actions supported by UNESCO, which lists crafts like Syrian glassblowing as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, due to the dwindling number of traditional craftsmen and the risk of the loss of unique cultural practices.

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From now until the end of November, 15 important domestic craftsmen from Bamboo Forest will be exhibiting at Yangming Jiaotong University Art and Culture Space. Each craftsman has created elegant and fun works with different materials and techniques to show the outstanding achievements of the Taiwanese craftsmen.
Since its inception in 1995, there have been only seven artists, and now there are 15 like-minded creators. Their skills include stone carving, bamboo carving, bamboo weaving, pottery, pottery, stacking paint, glass, and luotan. Many of them are Taiwan ’ s national treasure craftsmen.
Hong Hui-guan, director of the Arts and Culture Center of Yangming Jiaotong University, said that the theme of the exhibition is the swaying influence of bamboo. The 15 craftsmen, like symphony orchestras, can see a very harmonious presentation.
Lin Ching-wen, curator and CEO of Hung Mei Art and Culture Foundation, said that these craftsmen span the age of 40 to 80 years. Their life story testifies to the trajectory of the development of craftsmanship. In the works, they can see the transformation of technology and cultural heritage.
Lin Yao-nung, a glass craftsman, has traveled to Italy many times to learn the classics and combine Chinese and Western techniques to create works that are unique and unique in the traditional style of Taiwan ’ s terroir.
Lin Yiu-nong said that the "Flying Dragon Ruyi" on this exhibition is made of glass paste, because the glass paste will slowly harden, and can only be shaped in a very short time, showing the tension of the work.
Pang Kun-yan, a lacquer artist, created a unique lacquer art by stacking it with raw lacquer. Pang Kun-yan said that “Blue Sea and Blue Sky ” is a blue color to express the vast state of mind at night. The production uses natural lacquer plus mineral powder, screw dan, egg shell and gold leaf. Large works light modeling will take half a year, after many polishing, shading, and finally pasted with gold foil, a piece of work takes 1 year to appear.
Wood sculptor Cai Yangji has been involved in the restoration of many important temples, engaged in wood carving teaching for more than 30 years, and also created many realistic wood carving works, solid skills, and the works reveal the accumulated power of many years in the details.
Cai Yangji said that the work “Peony ” in this exhibition, which supports the flower-shaped structure with a back pattern, is very interesting with the other work“ Camellia ” made at the same time.
The exhibition will be attended by wood sculptors Shen Pei-chak and Tsai Yang-ji; ceramic artists Lin Shi-chih, Chiu Chien-ching, Shi Fu-chi, Hsu Ming-xiang, Hsu Ju and Yip Zo-yeh; glass artists Lin Yao-nung and Shao Chung-han; stone sculptors Chiu Tai-yang; Each of them uses different materials and hammering techniques to create elegant and fun works.
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Content: Santiimen Township Office has put the art of one of the three treasures of Taiwan into an exhibition, hoping to use the treasures of ancient and modern times as a medium for tourists to explore the richness of the people. Culture.
Shi Xiuju, who has accumulated more than 39 years of experience in the creation of glass beads, is the main protagonist of this exhibition. She said that glass beads are regarded by the Paiwan people as a family treasure, representing the class of the people, as long as you can tell the identity of the owner of the beads.
She has repeatedly said that if the Paiwan people do not understand the meaning of glass beads, they will be sorry for their ancestors.
Shi founded Dragonfly Art Studio in 1983, actively encouraging tribal women to learn a skill, and her own unremitting efforts to create, coupled with flexible marketing methods, led her and Wang Xuehong, chairman of Hongda Power, to be recognized by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (APEC) as an outstanding representative of female innovation enterprises.
Shi Xiuju 's works were collected by the National Taiwan Museum in 2012, a total of 83 items and 113 pieces, in recognition of her remanufacturing and innovation in Paiwan glass beads. Only through exquisite works can the outside world see this beautiful embellished by fire.
In the exhibition, Shi Xiuju will combine her creative energy with calligrapher Luo Huiyu to reinterpret the cross-border cooperation between Chinese culture and indigenous art. Cemelesai said that her works will present the history of glass culture from ancient times to the present.
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