Adam Munthe’s Asad Company has been making carpets and kilims in Turkey for fifteen years. He is the author of children’s books, The Last Unicorn, and Anna and the Echo-Catcher. He also wrote the novel A Note that Breaks the Silence.

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Working over many years with the villagers of Anatolia to revive traditional skills and produce carpets for western connoisseurs has been an education in life as well as a business venture. In serving to regenerate a community, it has also invited the westerner to reflect on the limits of his outlook. Now, post-11 September, the challenge to our consciousness is even sharper.