The long lost shoemaker

The long lost shoe maker, who is known as Al Eskafi, ia a very hard profession from old times that will soon go extinct because of the modern industry, to know more about this profession, read this article.

Who is Al Eskafi? The word Al Eskafi originates from the ancient Sumerian language, which symbolizes the name of the shoemaker in the past, his profession was to produce anything and everything related to shoes; and that includes manufacturing, designing and repairing all types of shoes.

Then:

Al Eskafi, or the manual shoemaker, is considered one of the oldest professions of humankind. It was known by the ancient pharaohs in Egypt. Lots of sandals were discovered, made by different materials that indicate different social statuses of their owners.

The profession was also known by the Sumerians and Assyrians in southern Iraq, the Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and also among the Roman and Persian countries. Back then, Al Eskafi managed to manufacture large numbers and types of shoes, sandals, clogs and slippers, which were made of leather, wood, rubber, plastic, jute or from other plant-based materials.

Now:

In the past, Al Eskafi was the only source through which you can manufacture or buy shoes, but with the industrial development; And through the global development of technology, the number of people working in this profession has sunk dramatically, and shoe production is now highly dependent on electrical machines.

Al Eskafi is such a hard profession that helped people a lot in the past, and although we could find some handmade shoe shops around some corners, it’s starting to extinct more and more everyday until it will no longer exist in our lives.

Al Eskafi is a hard and beneficial profession, it has helped us a lot through the past and will continue to help us in the future, that’s why it needs to be revived again.

So, do you think Al Eskafi will really disappear from our lives? Or will millennials start noticing the old handmade professions?

Al Eskafi in his small and simple workshop

A display of handmade shoes and Al Eskafi on the right making shoes on the spot