Tag: artisan crafts

Explore Balat in Istanbul for a perfect day of coffee, cats, and second-hand clothing shops

Balat is not a neighborhood you would visit in the standard tour to Istanbul. If you want a real taste of Istanbul and the people who live there, wander around a smaller craftsman, artisan, coffee shops and second hand clothing shops on cobblestone streets in the neighborhood of Balat.

Artistry Egypt Trains Women to Rise Above Post Revolution Madness

Life has changed for Egyptian women since the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak, with sexual harassment, unemployment and illiteracy...