Meet Our

Artisans

 
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Experience Artisans


Meet our artisans who provide Maghreb Co. Experiences:

Assiya | Oued Laou

Assiya is a sweet, simple woman who takes care of her family by making unique and practical clay pottery in the mountains of Morocco. She has been making these vases, cups, bowls, and dishes for as long as she can remember, and sells them locally to to neighbors.

Abdul Aziz | Chefchaouen

Abdul Aziz is a hardworking leather artisan in Chefchaouen. He makes bracelets, wallets, purses, belts, and backpacks from genuine goat and cow leather, all of which is tanned in-country.

Omar | Chefchaouen

Omar is a fun and loving guy who enjoys entertaining and telling stories. He grew up in Chefchaouen but learned his metalworking trade in a neighboring city from a Jewish-Moroccan friend. He makes beautifullycrafted lamps from many types of materials, all by hand.

Rabia | Chefchaouen

Rabia paints hand-crafted wooden mirror frames with a traditional design unique to Chefchaouen, Morocco. He is a kind and patient man that loves to share his art with others. He loves opportunities to paint with others, teaching them how to strengthen their skills.

Ahmed | Chefchaouen

Ahmed and some of his coworkers are blind weavers who have come together to form an association making traditional blankets, jelabas, pillowcases and much more. Ahmed is a humble man who loves his work and wants to share what he does with all those he meets.

Rahma | Chefchaouen

Rahma and her family are incredibly hospitable, always inviting you into their home and making you feel like part of the family. She loves to cook, serve and teach others how to make traditional bread and other local cuisines.

Yassine | Tangier

Yassine learned basket weaving from his father and worked alongside him for many years. Yassine loves his craft as he hand makes all of his products with natural materials and wants to share his skills with others.

 

Product Artisans


Meet our artisans who provide Maghreb Co. with beautiful handcrafted products:

Youness | Essaouria

Youness makes beautifully handcrafted Amazigh rugs in both traditional and modern styles. He loves to think up new designs for his customers and works with several ladies in his home village to weave these rugs according to his design.

Attar | Salé

Attar is a gifted artist with the medium of clay. His designs and color schemes are very beautiful and unique even here in Morocco. You will only find him and his partner making pottery like this.

Hicham | Fes

Hicham is a kind and quiet man that works diligently each day. He is the primary pottery maker for a larger association in northern Fes. He shapes the pieces and others paint them and apply coating. He is very quick and skilled at what he does.

Omar | Asilah

Omar is a good businessman that has been a cornerstone in his community in Asilah for decades. He is a curator of high quality art from not only Morocco but from all over Africa.

Abdul Sadeq | Marrakesh

Abdul Sadeq has been working in leather for many decades now. He knows high quality leather and is very capable at designing about anything we can think up. Now he has developed his own team of leather artists and trains and employs them in his work.