Following is a transcript of the video. Hand woven with the finest materials including wool and silk, a single Persian rug can often take years and sometimes decades to create. A high-quality ...

The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over. But for the weavers trying to sell their rugs under its ancient arches ...

My father relocated to Marrakech in the 1990s and naturally adopted local Berber tribal culture. It led me to work with ...

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Iran's top diplomat said that his deputy for economic diplomacy has been mandated to work on exporting Iranian products, especially carpets. While talking to the activists of Iran's carpet industry, ...

IT'S AN INDUSTRY for which this region has traditionally been world-renowned, yet it could be said that the buzz around fine Iranian rugs and carpets isn't as vibrant as it once was. One man ...