Stories From Morocco's Artisan Community
Association Afous Gafous weaves uniquely beautiful rugs. Their rugs are always handmade, and almost always dyed with natural dyes. The group is one of the most active groups on Anou, working hard to try and develop new designs and ideas to evolve their craft. One of the Afous Gafous’ rising stars in
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Artisans Brahim El Mansouri, Mohssine Benjalloun, Rachida Ousbigh, Kenza Oulaghda, Mustapha Chaouai, work with designer Matthew Long to design Anou's new artisan store in Fes. …
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The new big thing in Morocco is Sabra, or more often referred to as cactus silk. You can’t scroll for too long on an a …
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Touda lives in Ait Bouli and is only a 25 minute drive to the near by prehistoric rock carvings. Last month, she visited for …
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Custom orders on TheAnou.com are easy. All you have to do is find any product that you love on the site and look for the …
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A customer recently wrote in and asked us what exactly is the difference between a flatweave, pile knot and Beni Ourain rug? We thought there would be …
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We manage to make mistakes fulfilling orders every now and then. Rarely, we’ll have an order go terribly wrong. This past month, we’ve had two …
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Mohssine Benjalloun’s unassuming metal workshop can be found in one of the most visited alleyways of the Fez medina. The presence of his workshop …
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As we noted in a recent blog post, the Women’s Cooperative of Imelghaus became one of Anou’s top selling artisans. With more sales combined with …
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Since the beginning of Anou, the Women’s Cooperative of Khenifra has been one of the site’s top sellers. This is no surprise given that the …
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One of Tigmi Bag's many bags. By Dan The reed of each bag is meticulously collected by hand from a near by river. The artisans …
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