Rasha Saafan's Ghazala offers accessories with a personal touch

Rasha Saafan’s Ghazala offers accessories with a personal touch CAIRO: “Whenever her name is mentioned, I am immediately reminded of her smell It’s the same familiar scent that always told me I was in her home She was an avid storyteller and so my memory of her is marked by a hint of magic” The Egyptian artist Rasha Saafan is talking about her late maternal grandmother, whose memory serves as inspiration for Saafan’s hobby-turned business, Ghazala Ghazala, which translates as ‘female deer,’ is a Cairo-based jewelry and accessories brand that specializes in distinctive handmade accessories, with a focus on necklaces and earrings.

The brand stems from, among other things, Saafan’s fascination with the past. A graduate of both Cairo’s Helwan Faculty of Fine Arts and the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts, Saafan spent the years after college sketching at her Manyal-based atelier A while later, she began experimenting with creating accessories using a range . Source