The Persian Carpet Story

In the short story the persian carpet the author hanan al shaykh suggests that by making selfish choices one s relationship with important people in its life can be seriously damaged.

The persian carpet story.

Scythians satraps and safavids while the earliest known carpet wasn t discovered in modern day iran its story concerns the region and the iranian people nonetheless. Go and see if your fathers still praying before i knew it my sister had re. The persian carpet when maryam had finished plaiting my hair into two pigtails she put her finger to her mouth and licked it then passed it over my eyebrows moaning. Iran s carpets the new york times reported are among the most complex and labor intensive handicrafts in the world.

Persian carpets and rugs of various types were woven in parallel by nomadic tribes in village and town workshops and by royal court manufactories alike. Ah what eyebrows you have they re all over the place she turned quickly to my sister and said. I realize those aren t necessarily combined traits but it just seems different. The persian carpet it seems is an endangered species.

The turkish speaking part of the population often uses the senneh knot. The art of weaving and dying is inherited and carpets of all styles and sizes are made here. The story of the persian carpet is a documentary about the cultural heritage of the persian carpet in britain. Persian carpets beautiful detailed and sometimes years in the making hold particular significance for the nomadic pastoralist qashqa i tribe of southwestern iran near the city of shiraz.

As such they represent miscellaneous simultaneous lines of tradition and reflect the history of iran and its various peoples.