Exhibition: Sahrawi handicrafts on display in Rabat

The Moroccan Foundation for the Promotion of Sahrawi Heritage organised an exhibition of Saharan artisanal products on the 18th of May. It was "Dar El Janoub" that hosted this event, which aims to showcase, highlight and market artisanal products from the Saharan provinces, with a view to making them a lever for socio-economic development and contributing to the fight against precariousness, exclusion and poverty in these provinces.They came by the dozen from Tata, Aka, Zagora, M’hamid, Ouarzazate, Assa Zag, Guelmim, Tan Tan, Tarfaya, Smara, Laâyoune, Boujdour and Dakhla. Men and women, members of cooperatives and community stakeholders involved in development projects were brought together by the Moroccan Foundation for Sahrawi Heritage (FMPS) for the inauguration of this exhibition. World Heritage Day and the 7th anniversary of the National Initiative for Human Development were the oc…