Original Hirbawi Keffiyehs – Made in Palestine

Description

Original Keffiyeh in Classic Black and White colour that is ‘Made in Palestine’ from the original Hirbawi Factory. Your purchase helps maintain the only Keffiyeh factory in Palestine

Colours: Black and White

The Hirbawi factory, located in Hebron (Al-Khalil) is the only Keffiyeh factory in Palestine. Purchasing a Hirbawi Keffiyeh aims to ensure that this factory stays in business.

Even while the Keffiyeh enjoys a surge of popularity around the globe, the family-run company that produces this symbol of the Palestinian national struggle has been slowly grinding to a halt. “It’s the Chinese imports,” explains Yasser Hirbawi, the 76 year-old factory owner. “In the 70’s we could barely keep up with demand, but by the mid-90’s cheap Chinese scarves started coming in, because of globalisation and GATT. We were forced to lower our prices and today we are working to a fraction of our capacity because we cannot compete.” The factory used to produce more than 1,000 scarves a day, but now makes less than 100 – and struggles to sell those.

With your purchase, you are ensuring that Palestine’s only Keffiyeh factory stays in business, and by the regular bulk buying and distributions from FOA, we can hopefully help it grow.