Textiles of North Africa

Miriam Ali de Unzaga completed her doctorate in the anthropology of art focusing on Moroccan textiles at the University of Oxford. She has researched and published widely on North African and Andalusi textiles. Gebhart Blazek is an independent researcher in the field of Moroccan carpets and textiles. He has conducted extensive field research in North Africa since the early 1990s and is a frequent contributor to academic publications. Bernhard Gardi is Curator emeritus of the African Department at the Museum der Kulturen Basel. As one of the leading scholars in the field, he is the author of many books, articles and exhibitions on Sub-Saharan textiles. Barnaby Rogerson is an author, television presenter and publisher. He has written a dozen books about North Africa and Early Islam over the last thirty-five years, along with hundreds of articles and essays. With his partner, he runs Eland books, a publishing house focused on travel books. Paul Vandenbroeck, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, and Research Group IMMRC, KULeuven, has studied North African textile art since 1991. Tunisian and Libyan weavings are his main areas of interest.

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• Section 1: Urban silk textiles and embroideries •Moroccan silks •Tunisian silks •Algerian silks •Chefchaouen embroidery •Azemmur embroidery Section 2: Rural textiles •Akhnif cloaks of the Ait Ouaouzguite •Tahaikt wrapping textiles of the Ait Ouaouzguite •Moroccan kilims •Haik wearing cloths of the Anti-Atlas •Henna textiles •Tamizart women’s shawls of the High Atlas •Bakhnoug women’s shawls from Tunisia •Gafsa kilims •Algerian flatweaves Section 3: Sub-Saharan textiles •Fulani weaving