List of Handicrafts in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region


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17/12/2025

Makkah Al-Mukarramah in western the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is rich in many crafts and handicrafts, representing the region's culture and traditions, and the skill and talents of its people, including: 
 

- Making rosaries.

- Making prayer rugs.

- Crafting and making jewelry, gold, silver and precious stones.

- Manufacturing and producing perfumes.

- Dyeing clothes using plant materials.

- Manufacture of pottery, such as water jars (Azyar), drinking vessels, plant pots, and birdhouses.

- Construction and carpentry, the most important of which are wooden facades known as Rawashin.

- Extracting oud oil, rose oil, and kadi water.
- Leather industries, such as shoemaking and bag making.

- Manufacture of wicker producing baskets, mats, hats, cages, ropes, circular trays, handbags, fans, mats, brooms, and storage containers.

- The manufacture of textile crafts by women, such as making carpets from nylon yarns, cotton yarns, bucket covers, head covers and wraps.

Sources


Heritage Authority.
Ministry of Tourism.

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