Stories From Morocco's Artisan Community
Google Trends, "Beni Mrirt" worldwide search interest, January 2007 – May 2026. Captured May 2026.The first email we ever got from a customer asking about a "Beni Mrirt" rug arrived in September 2019. It came as a screenshot from an Etsy listing. We hadn't heard the term before. Six years later, it'
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Several months ago, designer Julien visited Anou’s foundouk in Fes to explore the possibility of creating a new rug together.Instead of beginning with drawings sent …
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Kabira, president of Cooperative Tizi Nougdal, are now hosting their own workshops in Setti Fadma. You can now book workshops directly with them at theanou.com/experiences …
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Artisan leaders, Anou volunteers, and Moon (the cat) on the ground floor of the four story building we just acquired. In the beginning of 2020, …
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Since the very early days of Anou demand in the Moroccan rug sector has heavily focused on vintage rugs. Vintage rugs are generally defined by …
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Over the past several months we’ve been working hard on our beta custom order system. Previously, when a customer had a rug custom made for …
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The Anou Cooperative is building Africa's first carbon-negative, sustainable wool and yarn mill.
Read more →Last Updated: May 6th 2020 In the beginning of March we suspended most of our operations and froze shipments. This down period gave us time …
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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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Women of Association Afous Gafous review orders and designs. With every new wave of technology comes the optimism that it will radically change the status …
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Earlier this summer The Anou Cooperative surpassed $1 million USD in total sales since we launched the Anou market place several years ago. This is …
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