The editorial section shows a collection of articles that I wrote over the years for various magazines +/or museums publications. Furthermore there are a few more articles by friends of mine or links to articles that I find helpful or interesting to deepen the understanding for the traditional + contemporary weaving culture in north Africa in general + the Moroccan Berber rugs + textiles in particular.

Please understand + accept that all texts + photos are protected by the copyright of the authors +/or publishers + must not be republished without prior permission.

article on white ground Berber rugs from the Beni Ouarain and neighbouring tribes in the Middle Atlas, Morocco.

originally published in HALI 94, London, September 1997. © GEBHART BLAZEK

article on master weaver culture in the Maghreb with a special focus on the Moroccan Middle Atlas, Eastern Morocco and the Algerian Jebel Amour region

originally published in HALI 211, London, spring 2022. © GEBHART BLAZEK + GUS COONEY

article on the pile rugs of the Azilal province + the Ourika valley in the central High Atlas, Morocco

originally published in CARPET COLLECTOR, 4/2013, Hamburg, November 2013, bilingual German + English. © GEBHART BLAZEK

article on how designs travelled across time + space + between genders

originally published in HALI 208, London, summer 2021. © GEBHART BLAZEK + ALEXANDRA SACHS

article on rare types of minimal Moroccan kilims from the Middle Atlas, the region around Boujad / Beni Mellal, the Ourika valley + the Anti-Atlas.

originally published in HALI 204, London, summer 2020. © GEBHART BLAZEK + ALEXANDRA SACHS

article on striated textiles from the Mejjat area in the most southern part of the Anti-Atlas.

originally published in HALI 200, London, summer 2019. © LUCIEN VIOLA + ALEXANDRA SACHS

article on the kilims + flat weaves from the Ourika valley in the central High Altas.

originally published in HALI 139, London , March / April 2005. © GEBHART BLAZEK

article on the kilims + flat weaves of the Ait Ouaouzguite in the Jebel Siroua region south of the High Altas.

originally published in CARPET COLLECTOR 1/2017, Hamburg , January 2017, bilingual German + English. © WILFRIED STANZER

digital version of the second catalogue on boucherouite rag rugs, Graz, September / October 2010, texts by Randall Morris + Paul Vandenbroeck.

© GEBHART BLAZEK

article on animal depictions in traditional + contemporary Moroccan rugs

originally published in CARPET COLLECTOR 4/2017, Hamburg , December 2017, bilingual German + English. © GEBHART BLAZEK

Tabrdouhte + Tabbnoute: Indigo-dyed Berber shawls of the Middle Atlas

originally published in HALI 113, London , November / December 2000.

© GEBHART BLAZEK

Anatomy of an object: Jebel Amour rug

originally published in HALI 207, London , Spring 2021

© GEBHART BLAZEK

a few images of an exhibition at the Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, summer 2003 with detailed descriptions of the objects + some additional background information.

© GEBHART BLAZEK

Kunst-Stück: 'Boucherouite – Marokko + der Rest der Welt', Aurelia Jurtschitsch, 2012 03 12

The New York Times: 'Wild, Not Wooly, Berber Rugs', Holland Cotter, 2010 07 22