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Articles from the Alhidaa Magazine

Issue: 1
Year: 1984
Why This Magazine

For a long time, people have been accustomed to inherit their trades and professions, which are ac¬quired in the Arab world at a very early age, as I ex¬perienced myself. I learnt my trade in the shoe continue...

Issue: 2
Year: 1984
Shoe Measurement

The critical problem which the shoe industry is facing today is the same old problem: how to produce comfortable shoes, or precisely how to produce a shoe in the required shape and at the same time wi continue...

Issue: 3
Year: 1984
New Industrial Structures

The Topic of this number t)f Al-Hidaa is the various industrial structures related to the manufacture of shoes. Each compo¬nent of these structures began its history as a small part for a specific use continue...

Issue: 4
Year: 1984
From Souk Ikaz To The International Fairs

Souk Ikaz was the place where the Arabs of centuries ago used to hold their poetry competitions, oratory, horse racing, entertainments and social events. At least this is what history has told us. Bu continue...

Issue: 5
Year: 1984
Having Absorbed All The Branches Of The Chemical Sciences

HAVING ABSORBED ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES, SHOES EMBARKED ON NEWS STEPS IN THE WORLD OF COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS. The shoe industry has been keeping pace with the latest develo continue...

Issue: 6
Year: 1984
Mechanisation

From ancient times, shoe making depended on the skill of the shoemaker and his few simple tools like he knife, hammer, and last. During the nineteenth century tentative attempts were made to mechanize continue...

Issue: 7
Year: 1985
Management Education and Its Relevance To Production

I must first congratulate the readers of AI Hida'a journal in general, and, in particular, the workers and manufacturers in the leather and shoe industries, on the first anniversary of this magazine. continue...

Issue: 8
Year: 1985
Pvc Shoe In Fashion Again ?

The first machine producing PVC shoes by injection was exhibited at the Hanover Fair of 1958 . The early products were plain black shoes with no aesthetic appearance or artistic innovation. At best, t continue...

Issue: 9
Year: 1985
Pvc Shoes In Fashion Again ? Part Ii

I dealt in the last number of Al-Hidaa, with the history and development of the plastic shoes industry and its entry into the Arab World as well as the problems which it has encountered in its World W continue...

Issue: 10
Year: 1985
Industrial Waste, A Wasted Wealth

I was watching the television news on 15 April 1985 when the announcer gave a small news item at the end of his billeting informing that Mrs. Thatcher appointed a Minister for Recycling the waste and continue...

Issue: 11
Year: 1985
Quality and Types Of Production

Quality means the type of production, its high standard, its style, as well as the aesthetic appearance and durability of the product. In other words, it is the basis for the comparison bet¬ween the v continue...

Issue: 12
Year: 1985
Al-hida'a and Al-rida'a

After two years of its birth, AI Hida'a magazine has become a well established periodical in Arab Countries and respected as technical and professional magazine internationally. As being the only Arab continue...

Issue: 13
Year: 1986
Honesty

The intention of this article is to assess the importance of honesty in organizations and of individuals within them in relation to the industrial and economic growth of a nation. In historic, social continue...

Issue: 14
Year: 1986
Import For Manufacturing and Manufacturing For Export

The equation relating to the import of raw materials, com¬ponents and machinery for manufacturing to production characteristics and marketing of end products in foreign markets possesses no straightfo continue...

Issue: 15
Year: 1986
Import For Manufacturing and Manufacturing For Export

In our last issue of the magazine we discussed the importing of essential manufacturing mate¬rials together with production and exporting within the rest of the world. In this issue, however, example continue...

Issue: 16
Year: 1986
Import For Manufacturing and Manufacturing For Export Iii

In the last two issues of the magazine, we discussed the difficulties associated with the importing of essential raw and manufacturing materials faced by many Arab industrialists, in the sector of sho continue...

Issue: 17
Year: 1986
The Natural Growth Of Small Projects

Laura Ashley Organization recently made the headline in the British media because it made its way to the London Stock Market. Over, the span of 30 years and since its establishment Laura Ashley busine continue...

Issue: 18
Year: 1986
Leather Is Eminent

leather is eminent ... This idiom was repeated more than once in an interview by AI-Hidaa with the President of the Moroccan Union of leather, MrAloulou. immediately, the Editorial Board was appre¬hen continue...

Issue: 19
Year: 1987
Superlative Leathers

The individual artistic nature of Florence stood out well over the ages with its wonderful buildings, beautiful palaces, priceless monuments and art galleries. Today, Florence is still noteworthy in a continue...

Issue: 21
Year: 1987
Soles Made From Used Tyres

Whenever a subject of this nature is raised, it gathers such great momentum that it becomes like a snow ball which grows bigger as it rolls downhill. "Prospects" has always been a reflection of years continue...

Issue: 22
Year: 1987
Fairs and Forums

Throughout the past four years, AI-Hida'a has devoted a great deal of time to attending fairs and forums relating to the shoe and leather industries all over the world. We consider it our duty to keep continue...

Issue: 23
Year: 1987
The Sewing Machine – How It Has Helped Us All

The article in Arabic follows the development of sewing machines and their influence on the economic life of nations and individuals since their invention circa 1815. The histories of industrial giant continue...

Issue: 24
Year: 1987
Leather Ignores National Borders

The Paris leather week "Semaine du Cuir", which was held last September, was an international event of the first order, grouping within its halls representatives of most countries of the world. There continue...

Issue: 25
Year: 1988
A Year Of Progress In Shoe-making

The year of 1987 witnessed heightened international competition for control of the shoe industry. Companies of I , various sizes and in all corners of the globe endeavored to strengthen their relative continue...

Issue: 26
Year: 1988
Production Strategies and Manufacturing Systems

Two major currents of opinion regarding production strategy were apparent during the 8th International Techni¬cal Shoe Conference held last October in Alicante, Spain. The first focused on technologic continue...

Issue: 27
Year: 1988
Changes In Display and Market Grouping

In an early issue of Al-Hidaa, namely issue no.3 in 1984, I wrote an article entitled New Industrial Structures, and in a recent issue no.26 in 1988, I talked about Production Strategies and Manufactu continue...

Issue: 28
Year: 1988
A Ten-day Tour Of Futuristic Shoe Technology

DURING the five days from 6 to 10 May, the. 15th international exhibition for the shoe industy (IMS) was held in Pirmasens, together with the 36th international leather fair (PL W). Immediately after continue...

Issue: 37
Year: 1990
Illegal Leather

Threats to wildlife in general, and ani¬mals in particular, have been given more at¬tention amidst people's concerns about the environment and its growing problems. Animals with furs like tigers, foxe continue...

Issue: 38
Year: 1990
The Role Of Trade Marks In Business Success

Great trade mark have always played a major role in the success of prestigious individuals and busi¬nesses. In the past one used to care, preserve and sacrifice much for his own reputation and that o continue...

Issue: 39
Year: 1990
and I Have Become An Inventor

On April 4th, 1989 my name en¬tered the list of inventors in the EEC Patent Office, Munich, under No:3570351 /2-08. This minor achievement was the culmination of a series of events and developments o continue...

Issue: 40
Year: 1990
and I Have Become An Inventor

Following "Horizons" in AI Hida'a issue No 39, the second part of this article deals with the process of applying for a patent: The idea of working on instant made-to-measure shoes appealed to me a continue...

Issue: 41
Year: 1990
and I Have Become An Inventor Part Iii

Many countries do not register patents unless the inventor has his own company in that particular country. Other conditions may also apply according to the laws of the country concerned. The first ye continue...

Issue: 42
Year: 1990
and I Have Become An Inventor Part 4

Signing an agreement without discussing it I was very pleased to see this vast range of services in our world, which has found a solution for every single problem no matter how small or impor¬tant it continue...

Issue: 43
Year: 1991
The Press Speaks…

In June, I received a letter from Mr & Mrs A. Gonel, the owners of the publishing company Ezgi Ajans in Istanbul, Turkey, inviting me to deliver a speech at the Leather'90 Seminar, due to be held 28-3 continue...

Issue: 44
Year: 1991
My Experience With Czechoslovakia

In 1987 during the "Semaine Internationale du Cuir", I took the opportunity to leave my exhibition stand and stroll around stands of other exhibitors. I stopped at the Czechoslovakian stand which was continue...

Issue: 45
Year: 1991
Dyes & Colorings

Since the early day, colors have always played a pioneering role in the science of chemistry, so much so that the first chemical industries were, in fact, set up to extract and manufacture dyes. The continue...

Issue: 46
Year: 1991
The March Of The Shoe In The Age Of Electronics

In 1955, during my first visit to the Parmesans Exhibi¬tion, I was astonished by the development of machinery in the shoe industry. I wondered how all the manual operations could be adapted into mecha continue...

Issue: 47
Year: 1991
The Growth Of The Nations'feet

In this issue you will find a valuable article, translated from "Schuh Technik", August 1990, concerning the impor¬tance of the suitability and correct fitting of children’s' shoes. Al Hida'a has alwa continue...

Issue: 48
Year: 1991
Other Leather Products

Despite the fact that the name of the magazine is "AI-Hida'a", which means "The Shoe", it has given due attention to the various fields of the leather and leather prod¬ucts industry, such as the culti continue...

Issue: 49
Year: 1992
No Speed Limit In Germany

Between the 10th-12th of last October, the 10th (UITIC) . The International Footwear Technicians Confederation Conference was held in Munich. This is a biennial event which is usually held in a Europ continue...

Issue: 50
Year: 1992
Ions: At The Door Step Of Shoe Technology

The technology of adhesives chemistry has achieved tre¬mendous developments over the past years, entering the shoe industry as a basic, indispensable material. Polyure¬thane played an outstanding role continue...

Issue: 51
Year: 1992
Language, The Basis For Professional Education

Since its first publication in 1984, "AI Hida'a" has been giving due significance to the Arabic language, whether in the "Horizons" in which we have laid out the broad lines of the magazine's strategy continue...

Issue: 52
Year: 1992
Leather Industry Information Network

With the constant growth in international relations, inter¬national trade is gradually moving towards freedom from re¬strictions. Leather industries, in any country, have become largely governed by in continue...

Issue: 53
Year: 1992
Pollution and The Environment

Pollution and the environment has become en¬twined into an all important issue which is a re¬current theme in our daily life. Ever since gov¬ernments started to legislate laws in the attempt to curb t continue...

Issue: 54
Year: 1992
Plastics & Rubber

Once again I find myself compelled to write about this subject at this particular time, having in mind the 12th session of the International Exhi¬bition for Plastics & Rubber in Dusseldorf, held from continue...

Issue: 55
Year: 1993
The Technology Of Theft Prevention

During last October, I paid a visit to the Exhibition of Confectionarists, Tobacconists, and News Agents together with the Exhibition of Pharmacists. Both were held on the Wembley Stadium grounds in L continue...

Issue: 56
Year: 1993
Leather Products Of The Maghreb Countries Today

Last February two main leather events were held in the Maghreb. The first was PROMOCUIR, the Tunisian International Exhibition for Leather Industries, which was held between 5-9, the sec¬ond was SITEC continue...