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Arsal women develop the ‘kilim’ rugs to sell in the capital
3-7-2017
L’Orient Le Jour featured today the ‘kilim’ wool or cotton rug weaving by the women of Arsal in Beqaa. In this respect, the newspaper brought to light ‘Oumnia’ Boutique in Downtown’s Saifi district, a project founded in February 2006 by Nivine Maktabi in cooperation with USAID. The store embraces a carpet workshop currently run by women from Arsal who hand weave decorative carpets with a story or a message. These women, the newspaper wrote, have inherited the craft from their grandmothers who used to knit kilim to embellish the interior of their houses. Today, thanks to ‘Oumnia’ venture, rural women of Arsal are selling their produce for financial returns. Makatabi described to L’Orient Le Jour reporter this intricate and demanding craftsmanship which, she said, “requires patience, precision and passion.” The kilim rug is normally dark colored, but nowadays, women are learning to use and intertwine bright colors into the designs she draws, Nivine boasted. The undertaking, she noted, contributes largely to economically empowering the women of Arsal, who she has long sought to work with. (L’Orient Le Jour, July 3, 2017)
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