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Issued · Mekelle & Dallas · 2026
— Tirhas Mengesha
Artisan witness · Vol. 02

Photographed at her studio · Mekelle, April 2026
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“Every dress I make is a little bit of remembering.”
A third-generation weaver from Mekelle, Tirhas rebuilt her studio after the war. Today she trains a dozen women in the patterns her grandmother taught her — patterns that almost disappeared.
Read Tirhas's full story →From The Highlands
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