{"id":4529,"date":"2016-12-10T09:11:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2019-10-07T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:36:50","slug":"egyptian-ancient-craft-is-returning-to-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/egyptian-ancient-craft-is-returning-to-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Ancient Craft Is Returning To Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><![CDATA[Once again, Road to California will be hosting two Egyptian tentmakers, sharing their ancient craft and culture through demonstrations in classes and on the vendor floor.\nTarek Abdelhay and Hosam Hanafy first came to Road in 2015, presenting the exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/vendors\/unique-international-flair-at-road-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"]]><em>Stitch Like An Egyptian. <\/em>Guests were fascinated at watching the men demonstrate their version of appliqueing \u2013 <strong>a dying art form<\/strong> that has survived centuries of Egyptian history, being found in Pharaohs\u2019 tombs. Originally, this type of artwork used to line tents or screens covered in appliqu\u00e9 that could decorate a whole street. The brilliantly colored appliqu\u00e9 are still used today for ceremonial purposes at weddings, funerals, henna parties, or Ramadan celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/vendors\/unique-international-flair-at-road-2015\/attachment\/egyptian-exhibit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2258\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egyptian-Exhibit.png\" alt=\"Egyptian Exhibit\" width=\"381\" height=\"527\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosam is a tentmaker through and through. An attorney by profession, Tarek is not practicing currently so that he can focus entirely on his tentmaker work. They will be in Ontario, California for the full week during Road 2017. In addition to their show duties, Tarek and Malik enjoy shopping at the Ontario Mills shopping mall and visiting a local Egyptian market and mosque. Most of all, they love interacting with Road&#8217;s guests.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4534\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/egyptian-ancient-craft-is-returning-to-road\/attachment\/65fa7035459278acdcf0b9e492273af3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4534\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4534\" class=\" wp-image-4534\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/65fa7035459278acdcf0b9e492273af3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy AQS\" width=\"523\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy AQS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At Road 2017, Hosam and Tarek will not only be <strong>demonstrating<\/strong> their ancient craft and culture on the vendor floor at the front of the main hall, but will <strong>also<\/strong>\u00a0<b>be <\/b><strong>assisting<\/strong>\u00a0their good friend, interpreter and Road faculty member <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/faculty\/road-2015-faculty-meet-jenny-bowker-international-quilter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jenny Bowker<\/a>.\u00a0 Students \u00a0will have the <strong><em>once in a lifetime opportunity<\/em><\/strong> to learn along side Tarek and Hosam \u00a0during Jenny&#8217;s <strong>three separate Tentmaker Appliqu\u00e9 classes<\/strong> that she is teaching on Monday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (<strong>1001R<\/strong>), Tuesday (<strong>2001R<\/strong>), and Wednesday (<strong>3002R<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/egyptian-ancient-craft-is-returning-to-road\/attachment\/egyptian-quilts\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4530\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egyptian-quilts-1018x1024.jpg\" alt=\"egyptian-quilts\" width=\"625\" height=\"629\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd exclusive to Road 2017 attendees, Hosam and Tarek will have available close to 100 pieces of their <strong>ancient artwork to purchase<\/strong>, ranging from $100 to $1,500.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/classes\/egyptian-ancient-craft-is-returning-to-road\/attachment\/egyptian-quilts2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4531\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Egyptian-quilts2-1000x1024.jpg\" alt=\"egyptian-quilts2\" width=\"625\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHaving these tentmakers at Road 2017 is one way to help preserve their ancient art and culture. This intricate craft has been facing struggles, as machines try to replace hand-made items and unscrupulous businesses copy and sell their unique designs. Road hopes to bring attention to the beautiful yet shrinking art of the few remaining tentmakers who continue to practice their trade.<\/p>\n<p>]]&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,31],"tags":[100,102,354,362,605,1339],"class_list":["post-4529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes","category-road-2017","tag-applique","tag-applique-quilting","tag-dying-egyptian-art","tag-egyptian-tentmakers","tag-jenny-bowker","tag-unique-quilt-class"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6887,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions\/6887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}