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When I first arrived in Morocco in 1993 with the intention of learning about Berber art, I soon discovered that women rather than men were the artists in Berber societies.Berberwomenwove brightlycolored carpets.Theydecorated their faces with tattoos, dyed their hands and feet with henna, and painted their faces with saffron.Theyalso embroidered brightlycoloredmotifs on their indigo head coverings and wore elaborate silver and amber jewelry.Women both created the artistic symbols of Berber identity and wore them on their bodies, making the decorated female body a public symbol of Berber identit...    Lire la suite