In the second half of the 19th century, the shawl “migrated” from India and Egypt to Europe – it was at this time that manufactories in Pavlovsky Posad started to produce various kinds of shawls: ...

On a chilly winter evening, Mohd Ramzaan opens the half-clinging patched door of his rented single-story house in Zaina kadal area of Shehr I Khaas, his shoulders decked with an unbearable load of ...

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Mohammad Yusuf Bhat has been weaving Kani shawls since he was fourteen. He is fifty-one now. In thirty-seven years at the loom, he has produced ...

Woolen shawl is a popular traditional garment for Pakistani people in the winter season. In a local factory in Charsadda, workers operate the weaving machines with every thread woven tightly to ...