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Dinah Morsy was in her final year of high school when she salvaged beads from an old t-shirt to craft her very first piece of jewelry; she never really stopped creating since. A few years later, following three and a half years working at luxury interior design agencies—most notably with Laura Gonzalez—she chose to return to Egypt, one of her ancestral homelands, in search of craftsmanship, tradition, and symbols she could pass down in a new way. The name came almost naturally: Yedein, meaning “two hands” in Arabic, the hands that craft, connect, and carry a story from one generation to the next.
In Cairo, Dinah sources antique beads and has her creations crafted and assembled; silver, steatite, and Egyptian glass become the canvas for a small collection of contemporary talismans. The names themselves offer quiet clues: Saada means “happiness”, Horeya “freedom,” while the scarab, worn as an amulet since antiquity, symbolizes protection, transformation, and rebirth. Some clients take these properties beautifully to heart: one shares that she wore her necklaces on her first day back from maternity leave as a good luck charm; another writes to Dinah that her Amal necklace “worked,” bringing her a job offer the very next day.
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Yedein · Dinah Morsy · Le Caire · Cairo · Egypt · Lucky charms · Modern talismans · Two hands · Saada · Happiness · Horeya · Freedom · Amal · Hope · Scarab · Egyptian scarab · Protective eye
