Centuries ago, the Kashmiri shawl was a global status symbol, sought after and imitated. It remains a coveted object of beauty and luxury.
The First Lady's 1962 tour of Pakistan included visits to Mughal heritage sites in Lahore and the famed Khyber Pass near the border with Afghanistan.
This Afghan American designer is reconfiguring typically masculine symbols for the feminine form.
Ferghana Valley silk weavers worry that industrial production could gradually extinguish their artisanal approach.
