Reviving Egypt’s Handmade Paper Industry for a Sustainable Future

Throughout his life, the artist and social activist Mohamed Abou El Naga worked in the handmade paper industry in Alexandria. In 2005, he decided to launch El Nafeza for Contemporary Art and Development in Cairo to revive the paper making industry based on the disposal of agricultural waste. El Nafeza (The Window) is a foundation based on a new recycling concept, completely different than most in Egypt. The foundation disposes of agricultural waste threatening the environment, such as rice straws and Nile…

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Reviving Egypt’s Handmade Paper Industry for a Sustainable Future

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