The ‘Moulid’ Dolls - A sweet tradition steeped in a thousand years of history

We visited the factory of Mr. Ali El Arabi, great grandson of Mahmoud El Arabi who established his confectionary “ca. 1900”. In today’s more health conscious world, demand for the thousand year old tradition of sugar sculptures has dwindled, and children now are typically given plastic dolls made to mimic the ‘moulid’ sugar dolls instead. Very few workshops survive that still make the classic, thousand year old sugar sculptures.

Video: Karim El Hayawan
Editing: Aida Youssef
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