Kevin Norris, Hand Made in the Middle East (Travel 2019)

Beneath the oil rich façade of the Persian Gulf States old traditional skills can still be found in the old quarters of the cities and villages. A lady making traditional bread over a gas hotplate, a silversmith utilizing crude equipment to produce fine necklaces and leatherworkers sat for hours crafting their wares, skills that are all but lost to mass production.

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