Jameel House in Cairo alumni winter school in collaboration with Bayt Yakan

Alumni of the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo are collaborating with Bayt Yakan, an arts collective centred around the eponymous traditional house in historic Cairo, to deliver a winter programme of workshops for children and adults in the neighbourhood of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar.

The programme is led by the co-founder of Bayt Yakan, Ola Said, herself an alumna and now tutor at the Jameel House in Cairo. It comprises workshops designed for children and adults, at beginner and advanced levels, led by Jameel House in Cairo alumni Aya Hamada, Omnia Hosni, Amal Mostafa and Reham Wahba, teaching geometric and floral design, calligraphy, ceramics and woodworking.

The programme is free and open to all and runs from 27 January to 8 February 2024. The programme will end with a closing ceremony and exhibition on 10 February 2024.

The Jameel House in Cairo is a collaboration between Community Jameel, The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts and Egypt’s Cultural Development Fund.