https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/05/uae-first-fair-trade-shop/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Thu, 05 May 2011 16:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/05/uae-first-fair-trade-shop/#comment-16860 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=47113#comment-16860 Dear Atarah, thanks for the comment. Probably the first fair trade shop was at an outdoor craft market somewhere, and no-one called it “fair trade.” I think it would be virtually impossible to say who is the first.

]]> https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/05/uae-first-fair-trade-shop/#comment-16855 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:04:05 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=47113#comment-16855 Wonderful news about the spread of Fair Trade initiatives in the Middle East. However, to correct the author, the first Fair Trade shop in the Middle east was actually in Israel, pioneered by Ahoti, a feminist social movement that addresses the needs of women living on the periphery. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3718597,00.html

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