Featured Artisan
Ziada, 50, lost her husband to malaria nine years ago and now struggles alone to provide for six children. Since joining ARZU in 2004, she now earns income steadily throughout the rug weaving process, so she and her family always have enough to eat and are beginning to repay their debt. “Now we can read and write,” Ziada says. “Without ARZU’s help, these things were not possible for us.”
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Tenderness is my favorite rug in the Classic Traditional collection. The soft color palette and open spaces remind me of a rug that I used to play on growing up. I would get lost tracing the flowing lines of flowers and leaves; transported into an other-worldly garden. This rug beckons me to a place of childlike simplicity and mysticism.
Lindsay Perkins
Creative Assistant