Pile Knot Rug

Maimouna Bourchok

Born in 1989 in Beni Tadjite. Maimouna relocated to Talsint when she married her husband. Maimouna studied until the sixth grade and then married young. Maimouna has one daughter. She learned to make baskets and to weave at home when she was young. Maimouna would some day like to finish her studies and hopes that her daughter will do so and not marry young. With the profits from her basket sales Maimouna purchases items for her daughter and things for the home. She likes that her work not only preserves the artisan traditions of her region and culture but that it enables her to improve her life.

Fadila Aghray

Born in 1978 in Talsint, Fadila never attended school. Fadila learned how to make baskets through her time working with the association and is currently learning how to make rugs. Additionally, Fadila works at the local women’s center and makes sweaters at home on a sweater-making machine. With the earnings from her basket sales she buys more material for her various crafting projects.

Radia Awrar

Born in 1989 in Beni Tadjite, Radia is a high school graduate. She moved to Talsint when she married her husband, they have two children. Radia has learned how to make baskets and weave through the association. She does not have any other work but does sew clothing for her children. Radia feels that her work as an artisan and the opportunity to work with Anou is big and important because her grandmother was a weaver and made beautiful rugs but sold them for nothing. She now has a chance to change the history for artisans in her family.