Morocco 2018: Moh at Association Anamil Adahabiyah

On day seven in Morocco, Moore College of Art & Design's students' bus took them across a bridge spanning the Bouregreg River to Rabat’s twin city, Sale, where we made our way to the Association Anamil Adahabiya (AAA - Association of Golden Hands). This visit along with our activities during the day in Sale were coordinated by Youness, the founder and director of the Seagull Association for Transcultural Exchange and Peace. AAA was founded in a poor neighborhood in 2014 by Mohammed, known endearingly as “Moh,” whose vision was to begin a grassroots organization for students who have dropped out of school to learn the tailor trade. Twenty-five female and male students, ages 16 – 30, learn how to construct jellabas, kaftans and other traditional Moroccan garments and to adorn them, not with machine-made pieces, but with those that are handcrafted. Moh demonstrated how elaborate trim for which they provide names like, snail, flower and leave are made for our students and a couple were able to try their hands at it. Watch the short video below to gain insight into that process.