Beni-Ourain

Name: Beni-Ourain
Brand: Anou
SKU: 17013
Price: 255 USD
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Made by Hafida Mehboub & Fatima Mahboub — meet them ↓

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63% goes to the makers 14% runs the site & pays the artisans who run it — Anou is a cooperative 23% shipping

SIZE

2m 48cm x 78cm x 3cm — 8ft 2in x 2ft 7in x 1in

WEIGHT

5100 g

MATERIALS

Natural wool., Dyed Wool, and Cotton

PRODUCT ID

#17013

Beni Ourain style rugs are pile knot rugs intricately designed and are used as two sided rugs in Oued Ifrane. There is the summer side, when the pile side is placed face down on the ground to keep things cooler. During the winter, the pile side is placed up to keep things warmer. You can find these carpets with natural wool from the local sheep or cotton yarn bought from the village market. Depending on the size of the rug, it can take weeks to create. Each knot needs to be individually tied and cut, so one person is only able to create a meter in two weeks.

COLORS IN THIS PIECE

Non-toxic, non-bleed dyes · Color guide

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MEET THE MAKERS

Handmade by 2 members of Cooperative Nahda

Hafida Mehboub

Hafida Mehboub is known by the members of Association Nahda as a talented, hard working, and motivated weaver. Though she never attended school as a girl, her driven personality has landed her in math and literacy classes provided by a local association. She plans on investing the money she earns from Anou in her children.

Fatima Mahboub

Fatima Mahboub was born in 1970 in the outskirts of Oued Ifrane. She didn’t go to school. She married and had two sons and two daughters. She learned weaving from her mother and is among the women who have perfected the art of the Zamora and Zayane carpets. She really wishes to share her skills with other women in the association and teach them her specific techniques.

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