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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 β¦
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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 β¦
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The new big thing in Morocco is Sabra, or more often referred to as cactus silk. You canβt scroll for too long on an a β¦
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The initial idea behind Anou was to enable customers to buy directly from artisans and have artisans fulfill those orders themselves.
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Not only was this rug designed by Kenza of Association Tithrite, it was the first rug made using Anou's own in house sourced wool and β¦
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Mustapha Chaouai of Association Nahda discusses challenges and potential solutions to Moroccan artisan export policies at the US Department of Commerce and Ministry of Handicraft β¦
Read more →At Anou we work everyday to change and restructure the current artisan economy so that it works for artisans, rather than against them.
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Part I: Traditions Fatiha (right) sits alongside Brahim El Mansouri of Association Ighrem to create some of her first sketches.
Read more →In 2012 Brahim El Mansouri and I set off with the intention to transform the artisan sector of Morocco by creating a marketplace where any β¦
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