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The Egyptian Shop
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The Egyptian Shop is brought to you by Farag Fayed and Deborah Dray. We are a husband and wife partnership specialising in Egyptian goods. We have combined experience of 10 years trading Egyptian crafts, resulting in a solid framework of local partnerships, plus 12 years providing high quality services, both within the U.K. and abroad. Purchasing directly from small workshops, we offer the best prices to our customers. Our suppliers are selected on the basis of their quality and professional integrity, including adherence to certain ethical codes such as no child labour and use of sustainable natural materials. We are also able to accept special one-off orders and we offer customised tours so if you are interested in Egypt please keep coming back!
We regularly receive comments that our prices look too good to be true! Well, we could raise them but our business is built on the premise of a fair mark-up. But how do we manage to keep prices so low? Firstly, nearly all purchasing is done directly with the workshops, artists and tailors by Egyptian buyers with local knowledge. Foreign buyers fall into a common trap - shops and wholesalers charge what they think they can get away - this is endemic in Egyptian trading. For example, a tourist often pays $50 or more for a piece of painted papyrus papyrus sized just 40x30cm! Secondly, our costs are low. We do not have a shop, do not publish a catalogue and we live at least 6 months of the year in Cairo (our order fulfilment is based in the UK and outsourced to a professional order fulfilment company). Whereas making a purchasing trip here is expensive, to live here costs nothing compared with the UK!
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