Culture
New Gaza fashion house offers courses in design
Fashion designer Khalil Khudair and his partner Aya Eid have opened a new fashion house in Gaza to train aspiring young designers.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gazan fashion designers Khalil Khudair and Aya Eid are the team behind a new fashion house in the Gaza Strip that offers courses in fashion design and sewing.
The house offers a two-month course on fashion production using the latest methods and modern equipment.
The Gaza Strip heavily relies on imported clothing, but the trainees are hoping to create distinctive designs that can compete in the market.
As she practiced on a sewing machine at the Khalil & Aya Fashion House, trainee Zakiya Akila told Al-Monitor that she had aspired to study fashion design after graduating from high school, but since Palestinian universities did not offer the subject as a major, she had no choice but to major in interior design.
