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From Syria to Jerusalem: a fabric shop in the old city

25 July 2017

Bilal Abu Khalaf is a merchant of textiles imported from Syria to dress Christians, Jews and Muslims religious and lay people.

Bilal Abu Khalaf is not an actor who is getting ready to play a scene of an old movie, but a merchant from Jerusalem who habitually wears some of the clothes he sells in his store of fine fabrics in Jerusalem's Old City. BILAL ABU KHALAF Textile Merchant "After my father died, I decided to manage the store alone. I bought this building on Muristan Road and I decided to dedicate it to the fabrics and to the heritage of the three monotheistic religions. I imported from Syria the typical fabrics used for male and female traditional clothes, and also those used for Christian, Muslim, and [...]