What Azza Fahmy is known for
Egypt's fine jewellery house of provenance — in 1969 Azza Fahmy became the first woman apprenticed to the master goldsmiths of Khan el-Khalili; today her Cairo ateliers hand-pierce Arabic calligraphy into gold, twice commissioned by the British Museum.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Calligraphy jewellery carrying Rumi and Umm Kulthum in gold.
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