Association Timouzounin · Ouarzazate
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
SIZE
1m 93cm x 1m 47cm x 2cm — 6ft 4in x 4ft 10in x 1in
WEIGHT
13349 g
MATERIALS
Up Cycled Thread
PRODUCT ID
#16647
This playful traditional Moroccan rug is made from up cycled clothes and woven into new and unique patterns. It can give warmth and color to any room.
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MEET THE MAKERS
Bouchra Baousi
Bouchra is a Tadula Zanfi native and has lived in the village all her live. She attended school and completed up until the sixth grade. Several years after she dropped out of school, she enrolled in a local women’s club where she learned how to sew, embroider and weave. Today, she uses these skills to support herself and her family. She hopes that one day she’ll be able to start a family and live a happy life.
Khadija Kotaniu
Khadija is the president of the association and was born in Tedouit ZanFi in 1977, and is taught herself how to weave and develop skills in the craft, which is why she has wanted the products of their cooperative to be widely recognized in Morocco and famous worldwide. She hopes that she and all of the other women of the association will be able to earn sustainable income. She wants to create a new generation of weavers so that this craft may stay alive. Through the other women of the cooperative, she has learned new skills in pattern design.
VISIT THE VILLAGE
Association Timouzounin hosts visitors in their village — share tea, watch the artisans at work, and see the craft up close. Visits start at $21 per person, and most of it goes straight to the group.
Ouarzazate, Morocco · about 2 heures 53 minutes from Marrakech
