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Hire Textiles | Throws Feature (1 new item)

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TX501-2 - Anatolian wallhanging

27 x 220 cm

Vintage Anatolian wallhanging made of hemp, wool and recycled textiles.
£216

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TX163 - Vintage bag

46 x 45 cm

Vintage woven man's bag
Wool and goats hair
£180

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TEX066- Wallhanging

67 x 171 cm

Contemporary woven textile wallhanging with recycled leather strips
£252

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Drapes - coming soon - (1 new item)



Linen curtain/ drapes in various colours and weights

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TEX064 - Wallhanging

67 x 157 cm

Contemporary woven textile wall hanging with recycled leather strips.

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2306BOU - Boucherouite

105 x 153 cm

Vintage Boucherouite rag rug - Morocco Out of the dark came light: an unusual combination of a dark rectangle surrounded by a multitude of colours in a checkerboard pattern. Could look stunning as wall art.
£660

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1934MA - Berber Rug

85 x 163 cm

A highly unusual vintage Berber pile rug with floating motifs.  Great as a wall hanging.

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TEX062 - wall hanging

76 x 163 cm

Contemporary woven textile wallhanging with recycled leather strips
£216

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TEX061 - wall hanging (4 new items)

67 x 253 cm

Contemporary woven textile wallhanging with recycled leather strips
£372

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2351BOU - Boucherouite (3 new items)

88 x 107 cm
Vintage Boucherouite rag rug wall hanging
Made of recycled textiles and wool
£600

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KL926A - Patchwork (2 new items)

64 x 124 cm
Patchwork wallhanging made of vintage Anatolian hemp kilims
£600

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KL926B - Patchwork (2 new items)

64 x 68 cm
Anatolian patchwork wallhanging made of vintage hemp
£240

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TX605-19 - Anatolian textile (4 new items)

140 x 258 cm
Vintage Anatolian textile
£350 + VAT


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TX605-6 - Anatolian Textile (2 new items)

147 x 232 cm
Vintage Anatolian textile
£420 inc. VAT


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Reversible throws - shawls (1 new item)

100 x 200 cm

Woven from the softest wool, these versatile reversible shawls in muted colours are the ideal winter and travel companions.
Reversible throws - shawls, 100% wool, in colours:
- Grey I Nutmeg

- Blue I Mud
- Pink I Corn

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TEX154 - Anatolian Textile

124 x 227 cm


Vintage Anatolian textile with intricate woven details and colourful tufts

£660 inc. VAT

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TX487 - Berber Cape

110 x 145 cm
Vintage Berber woman's cape with exquisite tassles

Wool with neon green line in cotton

£360 inc. VAT

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TX222 - Berber Blanket

138 x 319 cm


Vintage Berber blanket/ bed cover
Natural undyed wool with intricate colourful tassels

£480 inc. VAT

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TX119 - Berber Blanket

117 x 204 cm
Vintage Berber blanket / bed cover
£370 + VAT


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KL939 - Anatolian Textile

164 x 218 cm
Vintage Anatolian textile/ lightweight kilim, handwoven from undyed hand spun wool.

£624 inc. VAT


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TX605-18 - Anatolian Textile

138 x 319 cm
Vintage Anatolian handwoven textile
Suitable as bedcover, curtain, sofa throw, bed headboard etc. 

£468 inc. VAT


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TEX158 - Kantha Throw (5 new items)

134 x 224 cm

Vintage Kantha throw, India

£144 inc. VAT


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TEX157 - Kantha Throw

189 x 233 cm
Vintage Kantha throw, India

£216 inc. VAT


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TEX158 - Kantha Throw

134 x 224 cm

Vintage Kantha throw, India

£144 inc. VAT


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Album Published April 22, 2025

TEX143 - Polish textile (5 new items)

142 x 198 cm
Vintage Polish textile

£144 inc. VAT


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TEX113 - Yoruba Textile (2 new items)

160 x 203 cm
Vintage Yoruba textile, Nigeria

£276 inc. VAT


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TEX152 - African Textile (3 new items)

100 x 158cm

£132 inc. VAT

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TEX031 - Vintage Zindekh - framed

45 x 80 cm

£000 + Vat
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TEX021 - Vintage Zindekh - framed

47 x 80 cm

£000 + Vat
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TX069 - Vintage Zindekh

58 x 99 cm

£250 + Vat

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TEX127 - Vintage Zindekh

47 x 78 cm

£000 + Vat

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TEX097 - Vintage Zindekh

48 x 67 cm

£000 + Vat

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0345 - Vintage Zindekh

55 x 81 cm

£000 + Vat

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TEX024 - Vintage Zindekh

45 x 80 cm

£300 + Vat

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TEX095 - Vintage Zindekh

46 x 65 cm

£000 + Vat

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KL926B - Patchwork

64 x 68 cm
Anatolian patchwork wallhanging made of vintage hemp
£240

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TEX061 - wall hanging

67 x 253 cm

Contemporary woven textile wallhanging with recycled leather strips
£372

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TEX090 - Vintage Zindekh

45 x 79 cm

£300 + Vat

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TEX20 - Vintage Zindekh

 47 x 76 cm

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Pile rugs

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Cushions

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Pile (1 new item)

Pile Rugs

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Cushions

Larusi's showroom is a textile lover’s treasure trove.
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Cushions

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FO177 - console (4 new items)

76w x 27d x 57h cm

Vintage elm wood console

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FO310 - mortar (2 new items)

19 x 19 x 20 cm

Vintage dark wood mortar

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FO92 - stool (3 new items)

38 x 39 x 49 cm

Vintage white painted wood stool

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FO78 - low table (5 new items)

43 x 91 x 42 cm

Vintage solid elm wood table.

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FO310 - mortar

19 x 19 x 20 cm

Vintage dark wood mortar

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FO177 - console

76w x 27d x 57h cm

Vintage elm wood console

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FO92 - stool

38 x 39 x 49 cm

Vintage white painted wood stool

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FO78 - low table

43 x 91 x 42 cm

Vintage solid elm wood table.

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OT11 - bowl

27 x 27 x 10 cm

Large hand beaten copper bowl

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FO119-chair

45w x 38d x 68h cm

Vintage Ethiopian chair carved out of one piece of wood

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FO233 - bowl

22 x 23 x 13 cm

Vintage Tuareg wooden bowl

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OT-02-tent support (1 new item)

20 x 211 x 8 cm

Berber tent wood ridge beam with decorative carvings

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OT-01-tent support (1 new item)

20 x 198 x 4 cm

Berber tent wood ridge beam with decorative carvings

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FO252 - vessel

23 x 23 x 31 cm

Vintage Ethiopian Boran Oromo water vessel with embedded  shells

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FO281 - vase

15 x 15 x 23 cm

Mid Century textured ceramic vase: 1960s by Toffee Keramia

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FO296 - vase

13 x 05 x 23 cm

Mid Century ceramic vase

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FO295 - vase

11 x 11 x 30 cm

Mid Century ceramic vase

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FO290 - plant pot

18 x 18 x 14 cm

Mid Century ceramic plant pot

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FO175 - stone dish

42 x 43 x 9 cm

Vintage stone dish

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FO160 - stool

56w x 53d x 29h cm

Vintage Sidamo stool from Ethiopia

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Hire Found Objects Feature (1 new item)

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Linen curtain/ drapes in various colours and weights

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Bed throw

130 x 170 cm

Lightweight wool mix bed throw.

Colour: Chestnut


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Hamam towels



Hamam bath towels 100% cotton, off-white with contrasts border detail in colours:

- Yellow
- Red
- Black
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TX532 - Berber textile

133 x 232 cm

Vintage Berber flatweave textile with lozenge pattern in pile.
Recycled textiles and yarns.

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TEX161 - Bed cover

172 x 280 cm

Vintage Anatolian textured bed cover, made from premium lush wool.


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TEX057 - Wall hanging

67 x 150 cm

Contemporary woven textile wall hanging with recycled leather strips.

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Reversible throws - shawls

100 x 200 cm

Woven from the softest wool, these versatile reversible shawls in muted colours are the ideal winter and travel companions.
Reversible throws - shawls, 100% wool, in colours:
- Grey I Nutmeg

- Blue I Mud
- Pink I Corn

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Marea-throws

Regular: 130 x 200 cm

Marea 100% merino wool throws in colours:
- Charcoal

- Forest Green
- Russet
- Salmon


Large: 180 x 260 cm

Marea 100% merino wool throws in colours:
- Forest Green
- Salmon

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TEX112 - Bed cover (2 new items)

188 x 260 cm

Linen | wool bed cover in a light grey shade

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TEX112 - Linen - Wool Bed Cover (2 new items)

250 x 265 cm
£390 + VAT


Linen - wool bed throw

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TX631 - Boucherouite rag rug (3 new items)

145 x 255 cm

Boucherouite rag rug

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TX164 - Persian kilim runner (3 new items)

53 x 234 cm

Mazandaran from the Hezar-jerib region made with wool and goatshair

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KL863 - Tuareg mat (3 new items)

197 x 270 cm

Vintage Tuareg mats and runners were handcrafted by nomadic tribes from across the Sahara desert, hailing from Mali, Niger, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya and Mauritania. Their muted palette echoes the colours of the Saharan landscape. This combined with their reed and camel or goat leather construction (the only materials available) lends the rugs their tactile, organic feel.

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KL831- Anatolian kilim (3 new items)

180cm x 289 cm

Anatolian kilim made up of two kilim bands

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KL817 - Anatolian kilim (2 new items)

175 x 240 cm

Anatolian kilim made up of three kilim bands

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KL810 - Anatolian kilim (2 new items)

222 x 286 cm

Anatolian kilim made up of two kilim bands

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KL692 - Anatolian kilim (3 new items)

237 x 280 cm

Anatolian kilim made up of two kilim bands

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2580MA - Berber Pile Runner (5 new items)

81cm x 229cm

Berber Middle Atlas pile rug made with recycled yarns

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TX348 - Moldovan kilim (4 new items)

170 x 343cm

Traditional Moldavian kilims blend French tapestry weaving techniques with European design influences and a vibrant, folky Russian character. Made with mostly natural dyes that yield rich, saturated colors, these finely crafted kilims serve both as kilims for the floor or decorative wall hangings, with this pieces displaying nice pictorial elements.

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TX508 - Boucherouite rag rug

176 x 225 cm

Boucherouite rag rug

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Kilims


Larusi gorgeous thread dyed crumpled linen bedding for hire

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Polar Ice bed linen



Pillow cases:

- Regular: 50 x 75cm

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Forest Green bed linen



Pillow cases:

- Regular: 50 x 75cm

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Mushroom bed linen



Duvet cover:

- King: 225 x 220 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm

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Mud bed linen



Duvet cover:
- Super King: 260 x 220 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Pearl bed linen



Flat sheet:
- Super King: 300 x 280 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Salmon bed linen



Duvet cover:
- Super King: 260 x 220 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Russet bed linen



Pillow cases:

- Regular: 50 x 75cm

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Raw Umber bed linen



Duver cover:
- King: 225 x 220 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Sand bed linen



Flat sheet:

- Super King: 300 x 280 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Cloud bed linen



Flat sheet:

- Super King: 300 x 280 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Rust bed linen



Flat sheet:
- Super King: 300 x 280 cm
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- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Havana bed linen



Duvet cover:
- King: 225 x 220 cm
Flat sheets:
- Super King: 300 x 280 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Charcoal bed linen



Duvet cover:
- Super King: 260 x 220 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Flax bed linen



Duvet cover:

- King: 225 x 220 cm
Flat sheets:
- King: 280 x 230 cm
Pillow cases:
- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Chambray bed linen



Duvet cover:

- King: 225 x 220 cm
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- Regular: 50 x 75cm


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Rural girls boarding accommodation - Marrakech

Mme Touria Binebine is known in Morocco as the 'Queen of Hearts’. Her vision was to build a boarding dormitory so that academically gifted girls from rural areas with no local secondary school can continue their education in Marrakech. She raised money and the first stone of "L'Association for La Secularisation de La Jeune Fille Rurale" was laid in 2003 with the first girls taking up residence in 2005. Once at the boarding dormitory girls are cared for and provided with clothes, food and basic healthcare. A few of the older girls who attend university stay on and, in return for on-going board and lodging, mentor the younger girls. Today there are 190 girls but not enough sponsors so any donations are welcome. The dormitories are very simple with bunk beds, bedding and curtains and Souad donated 16 rugs to help add warmth and a sense of home to some of the rooms. In addition, after the November 2023 earthquake, 20 orphaned girls were taken in and a 12 bed dormitory hastily constructed in a meeting room. A clothes donation was made to help these orphans who had lost so much in their lives.  Thanks to the generous donations of a high street brand Souad was able to give large amounts of clothes to the girls.

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Fes primary school

Another port of call in her home town is a primary school. Here donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste and talks about oral hygiene and the dangers of smoking are enthusiastically received, no doubt a welcome diversion from normal lessons!

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Village pre-school in Aït Ourir

To build on the their on-going relationship and to encourage the school children in their endeavours, Souad revisits her helper’s village on her trips to Morocco. She has provided further books, memory games, Lego and toys, as well as toothbrushes (the photo with a horse baring its teeth helped introduce the importance of oral hygiene!). 20 stools for the school courtyard now ensure the children no longer have to eat their lunch sitting on the ground in all weathers. Small things that we all take for granted.

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Village pre-school in Aït Ourir

Souad’s helper in Morocco comes from a hamlet near Aït Ourir 45 km outside Marrakech, so it’s only natural that she has built a relationship with families there and in particular a local teacher. Soft toys from London based The Toy Project and new clothes donated by a high street clothing brand have been distributed alongside books and educational games for the pre-school.

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Medina Children's Library (9 new items)

There is a hidden treasure in Souad's home city of Fes. We're not talking about the pomegranate red dyed babouches or an array of Fassi pottery, but a children’s library buried deep in the medina just off the Talaa Sghera. It was started in 2015 by three women who live locally and wanted the children in the community to have a place to discover books and develop a love of reading.   As a child Souad was lucky enough to spend her summer holidays with an aunt who was a headmistress. This was the only way she could access a range of books and ultimately extend her education to include university and with it the freedom to choose her way of life. For most children, especially girls, access to books is still fragmented. This rare, free library focuses on children’s books ages 3-14 in Arabic, French and a few in English. Souad visits the library when she stays with her mother and brings books, memory and card games. Other donations have included tooth brushes to teach oral hygiene and tables and stools so the children no longer have to read, draw or write on the floor. Most recently the children have been introduced to the creativity of Lego donated by London based charity The Toy Project. As one Lego ad states ‘Kids build Lego. Lego builds kids’!

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Before establishing Larusi in 2000, Souad worked in human rights for over a decade at Amnesty International. On her travels throughout the Middle East and Maghreb she became very aware of the hardships encountered by many of the communities. This background has influenced her approach to business and philanthropy to this day. From the start, when sourcing for Larusi took her to Morocco, she has made time to help her home community in Fes. She was the first woman in her wider family to study for a university degree in the seventies so naturally she is interested in promoting the life changing ability of education. This is reflected in her support of a small local charity library which gives children much needed access after school to books and other activities. In addition to books, Souad personally distributes donated clothes and shoes and, in eagerly anticipated sessions, enjoys reading to the children and teaching them educational games. Recognising the importance of health education, Souad’s lively sessions on oral hygiene and the distribution of free toothbrushes, something of a novelty, are also well received! After the 2023 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastated towns and villages in the Atlas Mountains killing over 3000 people, Souad felt that direct action and using her own initiative would create the most immediate, meaningful results, particularly for some of the weaver families affected. She approached businesses, designers and clients of Larusi to make contributions and, through their generosity, was able to personally organise the distribution of money, essential clothing, footwear and utensils to the small communities and hamlets she knew. Charity also starts closer to home; Souad donated a rug to The Felix Project when Ilse Crawford, one of Larusi’s long standing clients, designed a welcoming community kitchen in south west London. She has also donated three rugs to a library and community space in Peterborough empowered by All in Awe.

If you feel you can help in any way with these humanitarian endeavours please do contact Souad:  info@larusi.com or call +44 20 7150 9910

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After the November 2023 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastated towns and villages in the Atlas Mountains killing over 3000 people, Souad felt that direct action and using her own initiative would create the most immediate, meaningful results, particularly for the weaver families affected. She approached businesses, designers and clients of Larusi to make contributions and, through their generosity, was able to personally organise the distribution of money, essential clothing, footwear and utensils to the small communities and hamlets she knew. The photos show the devastation wrecked on a family home of three generations of weavers, well known to Souad. Astonishingly the room with the loom was the only one not badly damaged. The family are living in their courtyard by day and still sleeping at night in tents provided by the government. Clothes donations by the owners of a high street clothing brand, clients of Larusi, soft toys from London based charity The Toy Project and money raised as a result of Larusi’s interior design clients giving their usual trade discount to the cause all helped to make a significant and immediate difference at a crucial time.

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