The Role of carpet weaving women in the rural economy of Afghanistan

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  • Prof. Mujtaba Arify Research Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kabul University
https://doi.org/10.55559/sjahss.v2i05.114

Keywords:

Carpet, rural women, Development, Industry, Self-sufficiency

Abstract

Afghanistan is a country where 50% of the population is women and they play an important economic role in the leadership of family centers, the role of Afghan women is very important in the development of the country's economy visibly and invisibly. The Afghan carpet, which is world-renowned and unique in terms of its gender, nature, color, and design, has always been an adornment of Afghans' reception rooms, both inside and outside. Even wealthy non-Afghan families in Europe and America make their homes with this exquisite carpet. Also, this industry is one of the important export items of our country, and Afghan businessmen earn huge sums of money from this product every year. But these beautiful carpets and other handicrafts that amaze the viewer are woven by the weak hands of women and girls. Who spend 98% of their precious life above wooden workshops and in rooms full of dust, dim light, and sometimes humid while thousands of worries and troubles bother them.

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Arify, M. (2023). The Role of carpet weaving women in the rural economy of Afghanistan. Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(05), 59–71. https://doi.org/10.55559/sjahss.v2i05.114

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Vol. 2 No. 05 (2023): Volume 02 Issue 05, May 2023

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