How rural Egyptian women are reviving the lost art of looming

How rural Egyptian women are reviving the lost art of looming

Naglaa Farouk Radwan, a rural embroidery artist, never imagined that her tapestries and batiks — featuring scenes from her village in Egypt — would be displayed in parliaments, museums, opera houses, and UN buildings, or that they would tour the world in art exhibitions. Threads intertwine in harmony, hues of every colour spread out before her. Another tapestry of her village begins to take shape. How to be creative? There's no need to ask that …