Turning silk from worms into carpets in Egypt's Nile Delta<br /><br />From silkworms to precious handmade carpets, home-grown silk is powering a successful industry in a town in Egypt’s Nile Delta city of Beheira.<br /><br />In small workshops in Naga Oun town, workers breed worms, handle cocoons, extract silk threads and then weave carpets by hand from the silk.<br /><br />The project, which started around five years ago, has helped many families of the town economically and provided work opportunities for women, according to the project manager, Ragab Rabea.<br /><br />It takes 35 days for worms to turn into cocoons, before the extraction of threads starts. Each cocoon gives 900-1000 meters of connected thread.<br /><br />Rabea hopes that the idea could expand to other towns and says that trained workers from their small plant are ready to help with guidance in similar projects elsewhere.<br /><br /><br />REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br /> <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#tmtnews <br />#silk <br />#egypt <br />#niledelta
