Damascus hosts event to revive five ancient crafts facing extinction

An exhibition at Qasr al-Azm showcased five endangered traditional crafts, with organizers announcing plans for academic documentation and teaching.

• The event, organized by the Riwaq project, featured the crafts of kamarji, qamarji, weaving, copperwork, and hand-blown glass.
• Ahmed al-Yaqshi of the Riwaq project said some of the crafts now have only one remaining practitioner in all of Syria.
• Al-Yaqshi stated that the project aims to develop a specific educational curriculum to ensure the crafts are passed to future generations.
• Damascus governor Maher Edelbi said researchers are studying each craft's origins and have begun official documentation of Syrian pieces.