Hebron, occupied West Financial institution – Izzat Yasser Hirbawi, a balding 55-year-old man, stands smiling on the entrance to the Hirbawi Manufacturing facility in Hebron, the one place in Palestine, its web site proudly proclaims, that produces Palestinian keffiyehs.
Three Hirbawi brothers, Izzat, Abdullah and Jouda, who now personal and function the manufacturing unit, began working there as kids, accompanying their father, Hajj Yasser, who had based it in 1961.
A service provider turned entrepreneur, Hajj Yasser started his profession importing keffiyehs from Syria earlier than deciding to begin his personal manufacturing unit with two looms imported from Japan.
Hajj Yasser was deeply passionate in regards to the keffiyeh, one thing he transferred to his boys at an early age, instilling a deep respect for its symbolic worth amongst Palestinians all over the place, in addition to the significance of it being made in Palestine by Palestinian fingers.
“We’re glad … we love our work, regardless of how lengthy or onerous we work,” Hirbawi tells Al Jazeera.
