In order to develop the local product and achieve self-sufficiency, Tahrir Square in the capital Sana’a hosts every Thursday a market for various types of products and high-quality goods made with pure Yemeni hands.
Despite its modernity and small size, Thursday market for productive families remains a sign of hope and a destination for most productive families to achieve their goals represented in marketing their local products and what the bountiful Yemeni land offers.
The market represents a lively gathering to display various, unique local products and industries that constitute a creative painting that combines the nobility of the past, the spirit of the present and embodies the Yemeni identity, including perfumes, incense, detergents, juices, pickles, clothes, accessories, and women’s bags.
The market also displays the finest types of coffee, dates, municipal ghee, compound flour, pastries, sweets, and all products made from local raw materials.
The market is not limited to pavilions of commodities and food products, but also includes museums of handicrafts designed with fine taste and high craftsmanship and with fingers that adore heritage, to embody the strength of creativity and distinction that is unique to the Yemeni handicraft industries, which represent a symbol of glorious history and ancient civilization.
Despite its limitations, khamis market tells an aspect of Yemeni steadfastness and struggle for a decent life under exceptional circumstances and a difficult economic situation imposed by aggression and blockade.
The market is an important economic tributary to provide part of the needs and requirements of the local consumer through locally made products and commodities that are superior in quality to those of imported commodities and products. But it still suffers from some lack of interest by the competent authorities, and weak promotional aspects.
Despite the challenges and obstacles that afflict the mechanism of supporting productive families, it is hoped that these families will be supported and encouraged by the concerned authorities, and that a permanent market will be allocated for them in the capital’s secretariat. These are simple and legitimate demands, but they are like a dream for many productive families who have multiplied Years of aggression and blockade from its suffering.
Source: Yemen News Agency