Basketry
الضفرThe basketry of the Souss and Anti-Atlas weaves vegetal fibres — doum palm leaves, rushes, esparto grass — into baskets,…
Brassware
النحاسUNESCO-inscribed in 2023 within a multinational dossier, Moroccan brassware — trays, chandeliers, teapots, ornaments — h…
Calligraphy
الخطّ العربيّMaghrebi calligraphy — Fassi kufic, mabsout, mujawhar — is as much an art of stereotomy as an art of letters. UNESCO-ins…
Carpets
الزرابيSeventeen tribes of the Middle Atlas, each with its visual alphabet. Moroccan carpets read like languages: diamonds, cro…
Cuisine
فنّ الطبخCouscous UNESCO-inscribed in 2020, Mediterranean diet 2013, argan 2014: Moroccan cuisine is the most decorated craft in …
Glass
الزجاجMoroccan glass — gold-blasted, undulated, engraved — adorns riads, lamps, medersa doors. An Andalusian tradition importe…
Leather
الجلدAt Chouara, since the founding of Fès in 859, twelve hundred basins, five hundred master tanners, vegetal pigments — a k…
Plasterwork
الجبسChiselled stucco — gebs or naqsh hadida — dresses riad patios, medersa ceilings, palace walls. Pure geometry inherited f…
Pottery
الفخّارSafi produces all of Morocco's yellow-glazed ceramics. Two hundred potters, double-firing technique, cobalt blue smar — …
Saddlery
السراجةMoroccan saddlery serves two worlds: traditional tbourida (gold-embroidered saddles, ornamented stirrups) and contempora…
Silversmithing
الصياغةFiligree, fibulas, niello: the silver jewellery tradition of the Souss counts more than eight hundred craftsmen in Tizni…
Tadelakt
التادلاكتMarrakech lime, polished with a pebble, sealed with black soap: tadelakt has waterproofed hammams for eight hundred year…
The Caftan
القفطانInscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list in December 2025, the Moroccan caftan has become a manifesto —…
Thuya
العرعارTetraclinis articulata grows exclusively between Essaouira and Agadir. Its burl — the root excrescence — yields the prec…
Weaving
النسجFrom the embroidered caftan to the Berber haïk, Moroccan weaving covers every material. The workshops of Fès, Tétouan, a…
Zellige
الزليجThe eight-pointed star, fundamental module of zellige, has organised since the 10th century the walls of medersas, the f…