Algeria - Rabia Khureis
Algerian accessories designer Rabia Fatima Zahra spoke about her start in accessories designing which has become very popular in Algeria, after the Algerian women were using only gold and silver accessories despite their high prices.
She said, in an interview with Arabs Today, that she started her career two years ago, despite her love of jewelry since her early childhood. After Fatima received her Bachelor of Law, she decided to develop her designing talents. She started by designing accessories for children such simple, and she was supported greatly by her family, and allocated a small corner of in her home to design new accessories. In the beginning, she used cheap stones due to lack of funds, after the high demand for her designs, she started to use expensive gems in the design.
She added that social media networks helped her a lot in the promotion of accessories, as well as exhibitions, most recently the exhibition held on last Saturday, titled "mode et creation ".
Fatima Zahra prepares now to launch a new collection of accessories for summer 2017, it will be distinguished from the previous collection, especially in colors and will be modern and traditional at the same time.