In this Wilayat a number of traditional industries are practised, foremost among them cloth weaving, gold and silverwork, boat building and maintanance, palm matting, tanning, coffee, palm frond weaving, blacksmithing, saddlework and ornamentation, the making of woollen garments, dressmaking and commercial patterns. Meanwhile the traditional livelihoods of fishing, commerce, collecting firewood, repairing firearms and ammunition, tailoring and dressmaking, raising camels and livestock, repairing water pumps, cupping and the barber's art are still pursued here.