ABOUT KANTARA

About Kantara

Kantara is a fair trade design business specializing in Moroccan rugs for residential and commercial interiors.


Kantara, meaning "bridge" in Arabic, is deeply committed to fair and ethical trade. Since 2008, we have worked directly with the same weaving cooperatives in rural Morocco. Thanks to our longstanding relationship with these highly skilled Moroccan artisans, we are able to curate and design rugs that both preserve the ancient weaving traditions while adding a modern touch.

Kantara Beginnings

Alia Kate founded Kantara after falling in love with the art, design, and individual stories that these women weave into each of their unique Moroccan carpets.

While living in Morocco in 2006, she became thoroughly inspired by the tenacity of the women weavers, their creativity, and their commitment to a craft that goes back generations and generations. Alia started Kantara shortly after as a way to work directly with these artisans and support their economic development.

Alia has cultivated a career that revolves around social innovation, community development, cross-cultural communication, and experiential education. In 2019 she launched Kantara Tours and also joined the Smithsonian as one of their Morocco experts. When she's not traveling in Morocco, Alia lives in Los Angeles, where her rug showroom is open to clients on an appointment basis.

Rug Journal

Visit Kantara's Rug Journal to learn more about our Moroccan rugs, the artisans who made them, rug maintenance and so much more.

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KANTARA PRESS

Visit our press page to see where Kantara rugs have been featured: appearing in VoyageLA; World of Interiors;  T Magazine.

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KANTARA TOURS

In 2019, Alia launched Kantara Tours which offers 12-day tours and custom travel services throughout Morocco. Find out more here.

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Modern interior living room featuring Moroccan Rugs

Click here to view/download the Kantara catalog and learn more about our commitment to working with artisans in Morocco as a way to support their economic development and empowerment.

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Green and red tribal berber rugs from Kantara shop in Los Angeles