Hagaza is a big village situated 700 km south of Cairo, listed among the the oldest villages of Egypt, It was the main passage in the eastern desert crossed by pilgrims to Al-Hegaz (Islamic Holy Land) in the Arabian peninsula, from which the name Hagaza was derived.

Woodwork was one of the main occupations known to the people of Hagaza, where more than 100 families work.

Most of the Egyptian wood products are manufactured and designed according to old Pharaonic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic original pieces , displayed in the Louvre Museum (Paris), The British Museum (London) and others