Middle East and Africa

Egypt Advances Textile Sector Modernisation With Greater Private Sector Role

Egypt is moving forward with plans to modernise its state-owned cotton, spinning, weaving and garment industry, with the government seeking greater private sector participation in the management and operation...

Egypt’s Home Textile Industry Gains Momentum: Interview with Towelie

By: Behnam Ghasemi | Editor-in-Chief, Kohan Textile Journal On-location coverage at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Executive Summary At Intertextile Shanghai, the...

Kenya’s Apparel Industry Gains Trade Certainty as US Senate Backs AGOA Extension to 2028

Kenya’s textile and apparel industry is set to gain greater trade certainty following the US Senate’s approval of...

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...

Nigeria’s Textile Imports Surge as Northern Cotton Industry Struggles to Recover

Nigeria’s textile industry is facing mounting pressure as imported fabrics from China, India and Pakistan continue to strengthen...

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History of Islamic Dress in Middle East

History of Islamic Dress in Middle East :: Dress in the Islamic world has historically conveyed the wearer's rank and status, profession, and religious...

Middle Eastern Textiles Industry

By Charlotte Jirousek Even before the Islamic period, the Middle East was a nexus of Eurasian textile production and trade. The complex of trade routes...

SEBA plans textile roadshow to Switzerland: Executive Director

The Swiss-Egyptian Business Association (SEBA) is planning a textile roadshow to Switzerland to promote the textile sector in Egypt (garments and machinery) and to...

Kenyan Mountex Textile Industry set to reopen after 17 yrs

After 17 years of closure, Mountex Textile Industry in Laikipia County is set to reopen. Mountex Textile Industry in Kenya’s Laikipia county is set to...

Iran’s Machine-made Carpet Industry Flourishing

Any industry should keep pace with technology, so this renovation is naturally a sine qua non for survival. If we were supposed to continue the...

Nigerian president assures textile workers of job creation

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari recently assured the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers (NUGTW) of more jobs, which is now a priority...

Iran to Produce 60k Tons of Cotton, Output to Surge by 15%: Official

Iranian authorities expect the output of cotton in farms across the country to increase by up to 15 percent by the end of the...

Qatar Petroleum , Chevron Phillips to setup petrochem plant

Qatar Petroleum - Chevron Phillips Qatar Petroleum has signed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC to develop a new world-scale petrochemical project. The...

Saudi firms keen to import handmade carpets

The Saudi investors and businessmen have shown their keen interest of importing traditional and world class handmade carpets, apparel and chemical products from Pakistan,...

Turkish Clothing, Textile Sector Eyes $29B in Exports

Textile and ready-wear exporters aim to hit 10 pct year-on-year growth in export revenues this year Already one of the world’s most prominent textile and...
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