EGYPTIAN KNITWEAR INDUSTRY OPTIMISTIC AFTER THE REVOLUTION
February 2nd, 2011
BY REBECCA COLLARD
After a week of closure and weeks of disruption, Taha Fateh reopened his downtown Cairo clothing shop in late February. Fateh had been forced to close his store, which carries a variety of men's and women's clothing including a large range of knitwear such as dress, scarves and sweaters, as protestors clashed with police in this central downtown shopping district.
Many of the protests in late January and February took place in Cairo's now infamous Tahrir (Liberation) Square. Fateh's store is one of a dozen clothing shops that lie on this ...
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