For decades, regional jewellery labels have championed heritage, handcraftsmanship, artistic techniques and intricate detailing. These values have long been woven into the identities of the region’s designers, who have built their labels around preserving artisanal traditions, celebrating culture, and honouring the art of making and the stories embedded within each creation.
Here are the regional jewellery brands championing craftsmanship and heritage
Azza Fahmy
For Azza Fahmy, craftsmanship is a means of keeping culture alive. Since founding her namesake house in 1969, Azza has transformed Egypt’s history, art and cultural traditions into contemporary jewellery, combining extensive historical research with the skill of master artisans. From filigree and hand-piercing to traditional stone-setting and hand-woven chains, techniques passed down through generations remain at the heart of the house’s Cairo workshop. The result is jewellery that is wearable art and preserves the knowledge of the past.
L’Atelier Nawbar
Established in Beirut in 1891, L’Atelier Nawbar has made craftsmanship the heart of its identity. Now in its fourth generation, the Lebanese maison continues to create its jewellery by hand, preserving techniques passed down through generations while giving them a distinctly contemporary expression. Led by sisters Dima and Tania Nawbar, the house brings together traditional savoir-faire, bold colour and intricate detailing, creating jewels that feel deeply rooted in their place of origin yet entirely of the present. In an industry increasingly looking back to the value of the artisan, L’Atelier Nawbar offers a reminder that for some houses, the human hand was never out of fashion.
Al Fardan Fine Jewellery
For Al Fardan Fine Jewellery, the story of Emirati craftsmanship begins with the pearl. Built on a family legacy rooted in the Gulf’s pearling industry, the house has carried this defining part of the region’s heritage into a contemporary jewellery language. Natural Gulf pearls remain central to its identity, while skilled artisans transform precious stones and metals into meticulously handcrafted designs. It is a tradition that continues to evolve without losing its origins, proving that craftsmanship can preserve a culture’s history while giving it new form for the present.
NAKHLA
Few names carry Egypt’s jewellery heritage quite like Nakhla. Founded in Cairo in 1982 by Laila Neamatalla and Ikram Nakhla, the house has spent decades translating the country’s layered history into a modern jewellery language. Pharaonic symbols meet Greco-Roman references, Coptic motifs and Islamic artistry, reinterpreted through sculptural forms and meticulous craftsmanship. At Nakhla, heritage is their compass, a guiding force that transforms centuries of Egyptian artistry into fine jewels.
