Emirati women using UAE’s generations-old skills to turn their passion into a business

Three Emirati women who have mastered generations-old skills are creating high-end crafts for international brands like Cartier and Bulgari.

Fatima Al Naqbi, Sheikha Al Dhuhoori and Fatima Mahmoud — known as “Umm Ahmed” — are producing designer goods from a small craft centre established in Sharjah to preserve skills that have been passed down from generation to generation.

The trio, from the east coast of Sharjah, weave straw baskets and…