Sadu weaving

This training sits within a wider programme on traditional crafts and heritage preservation, with modules on heritage site management, qualifying local cadres in inventorying, documenting and digitally archiving cultural heritage, and the fundamentals of artisanal entrepreneurship.

Sadu is a flat-woven textile made on a ground loom, traditionally from sheep's wool, goat hair and camel hair. Learning it at the Institute meant learning the loom itself: how the warp is set, how each row is beaten down, and how a pattern is counted out thread by thread.

The same programme taught the practical side of heritage work: recording crafts, archiving them digitally, and turning skill into a livelihood. Together these shaped how I approach Sanayef and my interest in cultural management. Read the essay on reading a Sadu strip.