Charles arthur traces the afghan carpet s journey from point of production to point of sale.
Connie duckworth carpets.
Kabul afghanistan march 29 2005 from left.
The only higher end products were locally woven carpets.
I bought four small ones and took them home to chicago.
An afghan carpet ride.
Cindi williams then special assistant office of public liaison at the white house.
U s afghan women s council members tim mcbride senior vp of government relations freddie mac.
When connie duckworth flew into kabul for the first time in 2003 the city below looked like berlin after world war ii she says.
And jim kunder assistant administrator asia and the.
Duckworth founded arzu a.
U s afghan women s council members.
The first female partner in the history of goldman sachs co duckworth retired after the terrorist attacks of sept.
Connie duckworth president arzu carpets and chair of the committee of 200.
11 2001 and left new york for chicago bertenthal said.
For centuries afghanistan has been a leader in carpet production but years of political instability have damaged the industry.
Connie duckworth is the founder and chief executive officer of arzu a social.
Since that visit with the u s afghan women s council a non partisan initiative tasked with supporting afghan women duckworth has devoted her life and career to rebuilding afghanistan carpet by carpet.