Narrator: Traditionally, Persian rugs are made from sheep's wool ... In many regions, such as Yazd, hundreds of weavers may work in the same factory at any given time. However, here in Fars ...

With fewer tourists coming and increasing difficulties in making international transactions, the centuries old market for Persian rugs made in Iran has collapsed leaving some weavers working for ...

The rugs are made of woollen yarn, rather than silk, and rely on bold, striking designs on a limited colour palette, instead ...

The group works with a network of weavers, all of them older women from Georgia's Muslim Azerbaijani ethnic minority. Though influenced by Persian rugs, the Borchalo carpets produced by Zemfira ...