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Stitch in time: Abdelkader Ouazzani, the last of Morocco’s brocade master weavers, works on a tapestry in his workshop in the city of Fez. He has not been able to find an apprentice to pass on the secrets of his art to. (Fadel Senna/AFP)

ABDELKADER OUAZZANI

Weaving the last threads of a dying art

Sophie Pons speaks to Abdelkader Ouazzani about how his profession of weaving is dying in Morocco

Sophie Pons