Where they come from
Rug weaving in Morocco is a regional craft: the mountains, the plains and the desert each developed their own vocabulary of knots, colours and proportions. The names most often heard in the trade refer to the group or region a style is associated with, not to a single workshop.
- Beni Ourain — associated with the Middle Atlas; typically ivory or cream wool with dark geometric linework.
- Azilal — from the High Atlas; a single-knotted pile, often on a pale ground with irregular, freely drawn motifs.
- Boujad — from the Haouz plains near Boujad; recognised for pinks, mauves and saturated reds.
- Kilim (hanbel) — flat-woven rather than knotted, so there is no pile; lighter, reversible and closely patterned.
- Boucherouite — woven from recycled textile strips rather than new wool, giving dense, high-contrast colour.




