Hirfa
Crafting Dignity | Yemen, 2024–present
Art
Hirfa is a cultural initiative that supports traditional Yemeni artisans—particularly women—by preserving endangered craft practices and amplifying their value in today’s world. Rooted in ancestral knowledge, Hirfa exists where memory, resistance, and creativity meet.
We work directly with local communities to co-create a space where heritage is not romanticized but reactivated—through skill-sharing, storytelling, and sustainable collaboration.
Vision
We believe craft is a living form of resilience.
In Yemen, where war and economic instability have fractured so much, we see ancestral making not as nostalgia—but as quiet power.
Hirfa exists to protect fragile knowledge systems, restore creative livelihoods, and reconnect artisans with tools, visibility, and dignity.
- What We Do
- Workshops with artisans in local communities
- Collaborative product design to bring crafts into contemporary relevance
- Storytelling & documentation of makers and techniques
- Local exhibitions and international out reach
Where
Hirfa is based in Yemen, with evolving activities across regions where artisanal knowledge survives in fragile conditions. Our work is shaped in close dialogue with the communities themselves.
Let’s Work Together
We welcome partners, funders, and collaborators who share our values of cultural integrity, feminist solidarity, and slow transformation.
To support or learn more