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On their travels in the Anti-Atlas mountains of southern Morocco, Annette and Marcel Korolnik-Andersch, collectors in Zurich have discovered a form of textile design which has hetherto been all but overlooked: textiles painted with henna dystuff.

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Annette and Marcel Korolnik-Andersch: geography, people, places, customs and observances, shrines, weaving, painting textiles with henna. Edward Badeen, specialist in Near Eastern studies: Healing by magic in Islam, verancular religion and magic symbols on Feija textiles. Markus Ritter, biologist: Henna - the plant, its history and use. Mourad Kusserow, journalist: The Imacighs and their Tifinagh - a contribution on the language and script of the Berbers in Southern Morocco.

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