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Al Naqda Embroidery for Beginners

Details of the Workshop:

Al Jasra Handicrafts Center is holding a creative interactive workshop on “Al-Naqda Art” and techniques for beginners.   Indeed, Al Naqda art is part of old Bahraini traditional heritage, when in those days women’s attire were hand embroidered with real silver thread utilizing a special needle known as “Al naqda”. This workshop aims to train and prepare a category of Bahraini women to be qualified and engage in the Bahraini local industries market through the “Made in Bahrain” project of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, seeking to engage female participants in the circle of traditional popular art (Al-Naqda Bahraini Art).

Objectives of Al-Naqda Embroidery Weaving Workshop for all levels (Level1, Intermediate and Advanced):  

-           Preserving the Bahraini cultural heritage and providing a supportive environment for it.

-           Prepare Bahraini women to be qualified masters of Al-Naqda Art.

-           Enhance the creative side of the trainees, as handicrafts are a means of leisure, entertainment.

-           Train and teach female trainers how to be successively capable of coming up with market-based products and to achieve continuity and sustainability in that regard.

-           Creating job opportunities that enhance the financial element of the trainees, especially women and housewives, helping them reach self-sufficiency.

-           Unleash and unlock human potential to benefit society.

-           Help create and prepare future fashion designers who can compete locally and internationally.

Workshop Level 1 topics include:

 Age: 13 and above.

Language:  English & Arabic

Workshop fees (including all tools)

 For enquiry: handicrafts.workshops@culture.gov.bh