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Thursday, July 12, 2018

House of Diamonds: Creating Futures for Textile Artisans

House of Diamonds is a Malang-based social enterprise that produces stunning hand-stitched throws, as well as a range of other textile products. It was created by sisters Nur Cholidah (Ida) and Noor Fadillah (Lila) to provide dignified employment for unskilled women who have few options besides low-paid factory work or potentially dangerous jobs as maids in Hong Kong, Malaysia, or the Middle East.






Lila, 
Pak Samsul, 
Ida
Ida and Lila were galvanised to help empower marginalised young women by the example of their clever and independent mother, Ibu Nanik Fatima, who survived harrowing experiences in the Middle East, where she worked for well over a decade in order to ensure that her young daughters would have a future. The girls grew up with their father, Pak Samsul, a kind, patient man, who struggled to make a living as a silversmith.

                                             


                                           Ibu Nanik Fatima (1952-2009)




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