{"id":70974,"date":"2017-11-05T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-pop-up-crafts-shop-helping-war-torn-communities\/"},"modified":"2017-11-05T13:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T06:03:06","slug":"the-pop-up-crafts-shop-helping-war-torn-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-pop-up-crafts-shop-helping-war-torn-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"The pop-up crafts shop helping war-torn communities"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA small shop selling work from Afghanistan and elsewhere is helping people from conflict zones make a livingFrom a small corner window display on London\u2019s Baker Street, Edmund le Brun and Flore de Taisne are trying to help the victims of war. Their pop-up shop, Ishkar, which is also online, sells crafts from conflict zones. Among the items on display are gorgeous hand-blown glasses in green, lapis lazuli blue and turquoise, intricate kilim rugs, fine-woven camel hair shawls, earrings and necklaces and knives.Afghanistan has been at war for the past 40 years, so there are zero tourists, and no local market Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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