Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi on art: How an Egyptian weaving village became a lesson in the power of giving

“Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi on art: How an Egyptian weaving village became a lesson in the power of giving”

A busy village scene in the Upper Egyptian Delta depicts a crowd of men harvesting corn and placing it on the backs of animals of burden, while women look after the children nearby. In the bottom-left corner, four men gather around a fire, possibly hinting that the scene is set in the autumn months, coinciding with the end of the corn harvest season in Egypt. The background is peppered with dome-topped houses, palm trees and birds. This scenic tapestry was created by Garya Mahmoud, one of the…