01/07/2017
Yasser Hirbawi is over 80 years old now, he speaks little English and doesn’t speak Jewish at all. He owns the last in Palestine fabric, producing men headdress keffiyeh. For five decades, Yasser Herbawi had been the only Palestinian manufacturer of keffiyehs. After the establishment of the Palestinian Authority it was extremely hard to sell and export goods because of the market shrinkage. Today the textile Factory of Yasser exports its production to the East Jerusalem, the United States, France, Germany and other countries. At the same time, Yasser Hirbawi admits that the volumes are not the same. But to be honest, looking at the rows of weaver looms, non of which is standing idle, you cant’ be so pessimistic. For the new collection we bought there two fabrics with traditional keffiyeh pattern.