Anou's Website is Changing! Is something not working as expected? Email us at hello@theanou.com

SHOP

ABOUT

EXPERIENCES

☰

The Anou Blog

Stories from Morocco's artisan community

Making a Post Office Profitable, For the First Time

The small, yet booming post office of Oued Ifrane, Morocco. About 400 meters up the road from the Association Nahda's workshop is a small, aging …

March 16, 2016

Shipping From Rural Morocco to Any Country in 5 Days

Last October, we were excited to announce that all shipments above 5kg would begin to be shipped by DHL.  Prior to working with DHL, our average …

June 27, 2015

Anou Just Became Morocco’s First National Cooperative

After a year of intense wrangling and hard work, we’re finally excited to announce that our community has been incorporated as Morocco’s first national cooperative. …

April 21, 2015

Artisan Leader Rabha Akkaoui Wins GroupX Business Innovation Competition!

Rabha on the stage at X-Maroc! Earlier this week, we were surprised to learn that we were selected as a finalist for Morocco’s Group X …

January 6, 2015

Making Anou’s Expenses Publicly Accessible

Recently, a fair-trade business owner visited one of the cooperatives Anou serves looking to purchase several "fair trade" rugs. The artisans told the fair-trade business …

November 30, 2014

Suspending a Cooperative From Anou’s Online Store

This month we decided to suspend the account of one of the most well-known cooperatives in Morocco. While the decision was difficult to make, particularly …

September 9, 2014

Common Thread (Part 2): In Sabrina's Words

The core experience of the Common Thread project is rooted in collaboration, understanding and the exchange of ideas. After the completion of the design workshop …

September 2, 2014

Does the Anou Community Ship To Australia?

Cooperative Lfarah (http://www.theanou.com/store/55) ships another rug to Australia!Yes! In fact, artisans that use TheAnou.com to sell their work frequently fulfill orders from Australia. In terms …

August 31, 2014

Introducing Anou's Artisan Leader Mentors!

The key to the long-term success of the Anou community depends on whether the artisans and artisan leaders can develop the vision for their own …

August 27, 2014

Anou's Community Led Structure

Summary: Starting on October 1st, Mustapha Chaouai of Association Nahda (http://www.theanou.com/store/9) will become the Anou community's second director. This is one of the most important …

✉️ Need help? Contact us!