About

Operations by training, heritage by calling.

I have more than eleven years in corporate operations, in supply chain, sales and process transformation, including in the mining sector. My academic foundation is in Fashion & Textiles at King Abdulaziz University, and I trained in traditional arts at the Royal Institute of Traditional Arts.

I'm building a sustainable, circular fashion venture aligned with Vision 2030, and I'm applying to the Cultural Management Practitioner program to advance the preservation and sustainable commercialization of national heritage crafts.

Training

Traditional Crafts & Heritage Preservation, Traditional Weaving (Sadu), Heritage Site Management, inventorying, documenting and digitally archiving cultural heritage, and the fundamentals of artisanal entrepreneurship.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Fashion & Textiles, second honors. King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, January 2014.

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In the workshop

Learning by hand

Weaving, painting and restoration: the practical side of heritage work, learned at the table and the loom.

Sadu weavings with fringes and tassels hung across a window — Traditional Weaving (Sadu) project, Royal Institute of Traditional Arts, 28 September to 9 October 2025

Retouching a manuscript leaf with a fine brush at a workshop table — Manuscript restoration workshop: retouching with a fine brush

A canvas in progress with pencil guides, poster colours and a brush — Work in progress: pencil guides, then colour

Working on heritage crafts, cultural programmes or sustainable fashion?

I'm glad to hear from anyone with a project, a collaboration or a question. Email is the quickest way to reach me.

Get in touch Alshawi.nadia@gmail.com