CAIRO, EGYPT – 10 NOVEMBER 2025 | Community Jameel is pleased to present ‘Hands of Time: Stories from the Jameel House in Cairo’, a new series of films following graduates of the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo.
Over four episodes, Esraa Badawy, Gamila Mourad, Lydia Malak and Rawan El Taweel invite us into their creative processes, exploring the skills and know-how they developed as students at the Jameel House in Cairo.
Through their eyes, encounter the textures, challenges and beauty of working with ceramics, brass, gypsum and wood, using traditional techniques.
Even as these crafts are at risk of fading away from Egypt, these artists continue to shape them into the present.
Watch all four films here.
About the Jameel House in Cairo
The Jameel House in Cairo was launched in 2009 and is a collaboration between The King's Foundation, Community Jameel and the Cultural Development Fund of Egypt.
Each year, around 20 students are accepted onto a two-year programme, designed and delivered by the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, to study the principles of traditional arts.
The course includes modules in sacred geometry, observational drawing, colour harmony and decorative floral patterns, as well as specialised training in ceramics, glass and gypsum, metalwork and woodwork.
Credits
Co-directed by Mohammad Hossam and Mazin Salah
Editor: Mohammad Hossam
Director of photography: Moh Tarek
First assistant camera: Mahmoud El-Hashmy and Michael Espiro
Art director: Nouran Walid
Composer: Abdelrahman Esmat
Producer: Sabrina Gilby
Title design: Habiba Haddara