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Yemen's ancient crafts face extinction as cheap imports flood historic souks

For centuries, the souks of Sanaa have echoed with the rhythm of artisans at work. But today, those sounds are being replaced by an influx of foreign goods. As imports surge and local demand decreases

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Sadly houthi destroyed this beautiful land
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That is sad, why are these not high quality high value paid for funding the economic life. Awful.
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Nothing beats the original handicraft of a talented artisan.
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No more foreign goods
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I’ve always wanted a genuine Yemeni made jambiya dagger. It’s a shame cheap knockoffs are flooding the market 🤦♂️
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Who cares ,what about the Christian genocide happening in Yemen and Nigeria. Eh .
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This is why I hate the world being "westernized" or Americanized.

So sad to see this.
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Its the consumer who must change. People can't afford the real made products so they go for cheaper made items from China. This really can't be stopped by a country other than China.
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Disappointing that you have not shown the imported goods imitating the original in this video.
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Such a pity! Global kapitalisme destroys local arts and crafts. Now we all can buy identical products wherever on the world, we wear identical cheap clothes, have identical furniture and homes and uniform thoughts. Boycott mass production, stop buying by global players , stop buying fast fashion, so local craftsmen can survive and the world is better of with less pollution and mass production, better for the climate, better for us.
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@FSN-x4q From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 3
😢😢😢
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@CARAPAO From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 2
Que pena....no era asi cuando estuve hace 10 años....tengo aun mi jambia...Pity ...it was not like this when I was thera 10 years ago. My jambia remind me of those days
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@ST-rn5qb From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 15
Easy fix. The goverment should just ban imports of certain products.
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The Yemeni are wiser, they'll see that they're signing away their freedom and resilience luxury by luxury. Perhaps they'll contemplate what steel axes and firewater did for the American indigenous people and stop.
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@katzdrool From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 10
The government needs to stop this immediately!!!
Other countries stop the imports that destroy their special businesses.
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If I go to a country to visit I don’t want imports I want to support local trade . Those craft are unique and good quality .
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That's very concerning. A lot of the wonderful traditional crafts in many countries are under threat. Cheap plastic is a polluting alternative and a problem from the source of the plastic to disposal of that plastic item when it fails.