Egypt’s visual culture is distinctively multidimensional, though what remains relatively unknown to the public is the fact that Egyptian women are the brain behind many of the visual designs that encapsulate Egypt’s identity. Many villages in Egypt are home to unique crafts that are nearly going extinct due to negligence and lack of support; one example is Akhmim village, located in Sohag governorate, which is famous for its high-quality wool and linen textiles. These textiles and crafts were manufactured with the intron of of developing a certain aesthetic, as they symbolized more than just a means to earn income, but to transfer legacies of creative expression of women. According to Noha Ali Radwan, lecturer at Beni Suef university in the department of textile printing, Egyptian women, who brought about the creation of these visual designs, did not receive adequate attention or recognition for their work, nor enough research on how their aesthetic prints can serve as a source of contemporary design. Akhmim’s creative expression Unlike Cairo, Egypt’s villages are only partially and slowly unaffected by modern changes and influences, such as urbanization. Carrying the power to extend us across the…
