Stories From Morocco's Artisan Community
Mieke learned Glaoui weaving with Afous GAfous in Lamdint: the first artisan residency hosted by an Anou artisan group, and how village residencies work.
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The next version of the Anou artisan app: products, prices and pictures queue offline and upload when there is signal, and every critical button plays …
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The first order on Anou to run through the Atlas Wool Supply Co carbon offset program — how it works, and why every offset goes …
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Beni Mrirt is not a tribal tradition. It is a marketplace label invented by middlemen and popularised on Etsy — here is where the term …
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Designer Julien spent a week in residency at Anou's foundouk in Fes, working at the loom alongside artisan leader Fatima Brahimi — a different way …
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Artisans across Morocco now host their own workshops and residencies, bookable directly — so visitors learn the craft at its source and artisans earn from …
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For over two years, three Anou artisan leaders have quietly been training incarcerated women at Marrakesh Prison to weave. We can finally share what they …
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The Pet Lobby set out to fix an export rule that held Moroccan paintings for months awaiting a minister's signature. Here is what changed for …
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The Anou Cooperative has acquired a four-storey riad in the Fez medina — an artisan-owned home for the community, made possible by Cafe Clock and …
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Why Anou does not sell vintage rugs, and what we do instead: living artisans, a design culture of their own, and dye and washing techniques …
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