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In the heart of Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders region, elderly women skillfully craft traditional goat-hair tents. (SPA)

Saudi women weave legacy of traditional goat hair tents

  • Working with traditional tools like the “mitraq” (hammer) and “awtar” (strings), the artisans create tents of varying sizes and colors
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