EL Khateeb Akhmim Group

Handwoven Textile
Sohag / Akhmim
"Al-Khateeb Group was established back then in 1970 in Akhmim in Sohag, Egypt. The city of Akhmim is located in Upper Egypt on the Eastern bank of the Nile. Since the Pharaonic Era, when their weavings were created especially to decorate the kings' royal residences. Years later, there was a small family business established and specialized in hand-weaving products such as bedcovers, tablecloths, clothing, and more. High-quality materials are being used to make the products which is pretty shown in the final results. The group consists of 32 women and men who are dedicated to working and supporting their families, they mainly started working for that reason till they could achieve real progress and their products began to be more acknowledged. The group cares much about quality because it’s the main pillar of their success. They’re also persistent in keeping heritage alive so they still make designs that sellers no longer care about. Al-Khateeb group and Fair Trade Egypt started collaborating in 2022, what we most importantly aimed to do is to help them keep the craft alive and grant them more access to the real market so that they can be widely known, and fortunately, we succeeded in that. And now, both parties are willing to invest and have broad successes, and they already gained potential of getting their products exported Internationally."