We started eshtery because the work was already happening.

What eshtery is.

eshtery is a guide to independent designers from the Middle East and North Africa. Read about the designer, see the pieces, then buy from her own site, or from her shop here where she has one.

About a hundred labels so far, from Cairo, Beirut, Riyadh, Dubai, Amman, Casablanca and the cities their families moved to.

How buying works.

Every piece shows where it is sold. Most go to the designer's own store. Where a designer has a shop on eshtery, you can pay here. Either way, the price, shipping and returns are the ones the shop you buy from sets.

What you'll find here.

A profile of every designer, written by us. Guides by country and by occasion. Ask, for when you know what you want but not who makes it. And the Dispatch, by email every Friday: new pieces and one story worth reading.