Women weave carpets at a factory in Kabul on July 20 ... and the freezing of more than $7 billion in Afghan central bank assets, have further exacerbated the situation, leaving Afghanistan ...

The skill of Afghan artisans is legendary - among the professional weavers ... Training courses for young designers should simultaneously give them an understanding of their own culture and carpet ...

Carpet making is a family tradition transferred orally and through practice. Men shear sheep in spring and autumn, while women collect dyestuffs and spin and dye yarn in the spring, summer and autumn.

For Afghan girls and women ... They are only allowed to do household chores or work on handicrafts such as carpet weaving, pottery making, or garment stitching. The situation is just as ...

Women make up nearly 90 per cent of 1.2 million to 1.5 million Afghans employed in the weaving and wool-spinning sub-sectors of the handmade carpet industry. Since 2021, the non-profit Women's ...

Carpet-weaving in Turkey has traditionally been considered ... was born into a Turkman family in northern Afghanistan. Like many other Afghan Turkmen, he saw better opportunities in Turkey ...

From the age of eight, and following in the footsteps of his father, Mohammad Rafiq Sofi has been weaving carpets using talim designs. "It took me five years to learn how to weave properly," says ...

The World Food Program (WFP) has announced that it is helping thousands of women in Afghanistan, many of whom are the sole ...

Mohammad Rafiq Sofi using translated talim codes to guide his weaving An ancient symbolic code lies behind the intricate patterns of Kashmir's traditional handwoven carpets and rugs. Called talim ...

There are many varieties of Persian carpet, each distinguished by their materials, patterns, and weaving techniques, from the floral designs of Isfahan in central Iran to the intricate ...