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Sultan Hassan Mosque

Posted By Simone | 31st Aug 2010

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa (religious school) in the ...

The Sea of Galilee

Posted By Chihiro | 27th Aug 2010

After a bit of a drive north from Amman, my tour group reached Umm Qais, a black basalt Roman City. ...

Time Travel in Egypt

Posted By Samantha | 26th Aug 2010

Would you like to travel back in time? Well, unless you’re Marty McFly from 'Back to the Future, a ...

China Beaches

Posted By Miles | 25th Aug 2010

Nobody ever thinks about China for its beaches. There are, however, some good beaches in China if yo ...

Inside a Soviet Bunker

Posted By Di | 24th Aug 2010

Imagine yourself in Russia during the cold war, I did when I visited Moscow recently and did the “ ...

Alex Market

Posted By Prudence | 23rd Aug 2010

If you're winding your way up to Alexandria next time you're in Egypt don't miss the chance to see a ...

Modelling in China

Posted By Misha | 19th Aug 2010

We happened to visit Beijing during the big celebration of 60th anniversary of the founding of the P ...

Russia

Posted By Hollie | 18th Aug 2010

Growing up I had only ever heard about Russia as the USSR and lets be honest there wasn’t much goo ...

Made in Jordan

Posted By Prudence | 17th Aug 2010

I had the privilege of travelling to Jordan this month and whilst I was there I visited a great shop with a fantastic story attached to it which I'd like to share:

The shop is called 'Made in Jordan' and is in Petra. It sells a load of hand-made garments, accessories and haberdashery made by poor women in Jordan. The project was set up by an inspirational lady called Raghad Hatahet who was already an experienced and expert embroiderer at the age of seventeen. She loved the traditional embroidered dresses that were going out of fashion in the towns in Jordan and made many of them for herself. Her friends and colleagues at the office where she worked admired them and she began making them for her circle of acquaintances. The demand grew very quickly, and as she needed more staff she realised how many local women with very little money had the leisure and the talent to work at embroidering at home.

So she set up classes and started training the local village women and now more than a hundred women work for her. She provides the embroidery designs, cuts out the pieces to be done and later collects the finished pieces to be assembled professionally. For many of the dresses she makes, machine embroidery is also added.

Raghad's embroideries are not sold in many shops, except "Made in Jordan" based on the high street in Petra. If you're doing a Jordan tour and visiting Petra be sure to visit the shop and remember anything you buy will be invested back into teaching the women of Jordan to embroider for a living.

And the wrap (photo attached) I bought really is 'green' as it's made from recycled camel hair - how cool is that?!

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Holi Festival

Posted By Cherylyn | 16th Aug 2010

One of the best festivals I have been to has been the Holi Festival, which is celebrated at the end ...

Beautiful St. Petersburg

Posted By Charlie | 13th Aug 2010

St Petersburg, a city of Tsars, violent history, stunning Baroque building and the incredible Hermit ...

Zanzibar Dreaming

Posted By Clare | 12th Aug 2010

I topped off my safari in Kenya and Tanzania with 5 days of bliss on the gorgeous island of Zanzibar ...

Camping in Africa

Posted By Cherylyn | 11th Aug 2010

The most important lesson I learnt when camping out in the wilds of Africa was not ‘the proper way ...

Culinary Magic in Morocco

Posted By Charlie | 10th Aug 2010

Marrakech conjures up images of a spicy, colourful, exotic city and it certainly is. I was lucky eno ...

Dining in Dubrovnik

Posted By Kelly | 9th Aug 2010

If you like a glass of wine with dinner, you are in the right place in Dubrovnik. Going out for dinn ...

Wadi Rum

Posted By Prudence | 6th Aug 2010

Image camping under a blanket of stars surrounded by a sea of red sand and silence! Well that's the ...

Goa Beaches: helpful tips.

Posted By Cherylyn | 5th Aug 2010

Headed to Goa for some relaxation but cannot afford to splash out on that nice beach front resort? W ...

The Russian Banya

Posted By Ashley | 4th Aug 2010

The simple Russian banya (sauna) was a perfect escape from the extravagance of Moscow. In the tranqu ...

Anzac Day...

Posted By Andrew | 3rd Aug 2010

something I always wanted to do ...and now have. Firstly I must warn everyone that this is not an ea ...

Dead Sea experience

Posted By Prudence | 2nd Aug 2010

The Dead Sea is a great experience not to be missed if travelling in Jordan. If you were to fill a g ...

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