Tailoring, stitching and sewing work in Al Ain
If you want trousers or skirts to be turned up, or you want a rip to be repaired, there are lots of little tailoring workshops in Al Ain.
We used to live in Kuwaitat which is right behind/north of the Hilton Hotel. There you’ll find lots of tailor shops, and if you go down the stairs, beneath the tailors, you’ll find little workshops with sewing machines.
We get our tailoring done here…
…and simple sewing jobs they’ll do for free…
…as they can do the work in a couple of minutes. I gave 5 dirhams for a rip to be fixed in a pair of shorts. I give 10 dirhams to turn up trousers. These guys are probably earning about 500 dirhams a month, working 6 days a week from 8am to 11pm with a break from around 1pm to 5pm. So they’re earning maybe 18 dirhams (£3/US$5) a day.
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