The Bougueddach Collective from Fes, Morocco

In their own words

Deep in the Fez medina, there lies a quarter filled with groups of weavers who create much of the colorful Moroccan fabric that can be found in Fez and beyond. One of the largest, and most successful of these groups is the Bougueddach Collective. At anytime of day, the collective's workshop is filled with tourists eager to nab the next scarf and blanket right as it comes off the horizontal loom.

However, the collective wasn't always as successful. Prior to 2009, the members that comprise of the collective today were working in their individual shops, struggling to sell their work. Fed up with a lack of sales, El Haj Omar Bougueddach decided to gather the weavers closest to him so they could combine their efforts.

8 Members

339 Pieces listed

The people behind every piece

Mohamed Bougueddach

Per family tradition, all Bougueddach kids must attend and finish school. However, they must also go to the workshop so that they have a profession to fall back on just in case. After Mohamed finished school, he decided to return to the workshop to carry on the work on his ancestors.

Aziz Elgarti

In 1974, Aziz was only 10 years old when he had to go physical therapy. Therapy did not improve Aziz's physical ailment and as a result, the workshop owner adopted him and provided him with work at the shop. Since then, the owner taught Aziz the secrets of the workshop and he has become the workshops shawl master.

Badr Zakri

Badr is the youngest member at the workshop. He is studying at the university and he works at the workshop in his free time. All the money he makes uses it for his school needs. He specializes in making bags and also markets the products.

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