Yasser Salahat (Abu Shaher) is one of the few people still making reed rolls for fencing and rooftops, using his ancestral way of making them by hand. Palestinians used to have reed fencing and roofing rolls in their traditional houses but nowadays they are merely used for more decorative and outer space shading purposes.
Located in ‘Al-Dleb’ in Al-Far’aa Valley, where natural reed is abundantly growing on the edges of the waterways, it was natural for Yasser to develop a passion for this craft as his father used to weave baskets, but he decided to make reed rolls. It’s such an enjoyable experience to watch Yasser making them, tying the reeds with metal wires so skilfully. It is the main source of income for Yasser and his family, along with a small ‘basta’ (stall) for selling vegetables and fruits to support with the income. Yasser wishes that more attention and support would be given to this craft and more people would buy from him.
Yasser’s main concern is the flooding of the market with cheaply imported industrial fencing rolls that would bring his business to halt. Support Yasser and buy his beautiful fencing rolls.
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