Nubian handwoven cotton

Mona Hassan

Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt · Nubade Women's Weaving Cooperative

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From Mona

I weave on a floor loom that my father brought from the village we lived in before the dam. The High Dam displaced our village in 1964. Most of what we had went underwater. The loom came with us. I weave the geometric patterns that are specific to our part of Nubia — bold colours, strong lines, cotton warp. A throw takes me three weeks. I do not make anything quickly. I have been weaving for thirty years and the loom still surprises me. If you want to collaborate, tell me the colours in your room and I will tell you what I can make that will work in it.

Collaborations: 44
Typical delivery: 3–6 weeks
Languages: Nobiin, Arabic

The wait is not a flaw. It is proof.

Apprentice

Nadia is currently learning with Mona.

Setting the warp — getting the tension even · Year 1 of 3. If you add an apprentice-fund contribution at checkout, 100% of it goes here — Amussu takes nothing from it.

Past collaborations

What Mona has made.

Buyer names appear only with consent. By default, buyers are shown as “A buyer in [city]”.

Cotton throw for a sitting room
Yellow, black, and terracotta stripe. One and a half by one metre. Three weeks.
A buyer in London · delivered 2026-04-22
Set of kitchen cloths
Six cloths, three patterns. Two weeks. The buyer asked if I could add fringe. I said yes.
A buyer in Stockholm · delivered 2026-03-01

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Finished pieces from Mona.

Pieces Mona has already made and is ready to send. Same fee model, no design call needed. You can still start a fresh collaboration instead — both are direct with her.

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