In film, in print and in the press
Our family and the revival of Kani weaving, as recorded by National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, scholars of the Kashmir shawl and the newspapers of India and Germany.
- National Geographic India · FilmMarch 2023
The Kani Shawl of Kashmir
A film for the series It Happens Only in India, on the precision of Kani weaving, featuring our family and its looms in Kanihama.
Watch the film - Popular Mechanics · FilmOn YouTube
Why it takes up to two years to make these handmade shawls
The American magazine films our looms in Kanihama, showing how a single Kani shawl can take up to two years to weave by hand.
Watch the film - The Kashmir Times · Cultural Notes26 November 2000
‘Kanihama’ — reviving proud aesthetic legacy
A full-page feature on Ghulam Mohammad Kanihama, the sixth generation of his family engaged in the revival, the Gul-e-Anar cooperative and the designs being returned to the loom.
In print · held in our archive - Bild HannoverOctober 2000
Ein Inder webt die edelsten Schals
“An Indian weaves the finest shawls”: the German daily’s feature on Ghulam Mohammad at Expo 2000, telling how his ancestors wove for Empress Joséphine.
In print · held in our archive - In print · Frank AmesAntique Collectors' Club, 1986
The Kashmir Shawl and its Indo-French Influence
The standard history of the Kashmir shawl, by the scholar and collector Frank Ames, in which our family and Kanihama are mentioned.
View the book - In print · Sherry Rehman & Naheed JafriMapin · Antique Collectors' Club, 2006
The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar to Paisley
A celebrated history of the Kashmir shawl, from the Mughal jamavar to the paisley of Europe, in which our family is mentioned.
View the book - The Tribune · SpectrumNovember 2024
The cold embrace: Kani shawls and Kashmir's cultural heritage
Credits the late Ghulam Mohammad Kanihama, a former MLA, with a pivotal role in the 1960s revival, and his son Sajad Ahmed with continuing his legacy.
Read article - Daily ExcelsiorAugust 2024
Kanihama village preserves Kani shawl weaving tradition
Places the family of Sajjad Wani at the centre of the revival, describing him as a pioneer of Kani shawl craftsmanship.
Read article - Journey of ObjectsMay 2024
Unravelling Threads
Recalls Ghulam Mohammad Kanihama, member of the Legislative Assembly from Beerwah, and Kanihama's 2020 recognition as a craft handloom village.
Read article - MAP Academy · ImpartApril 2022
Kani weaving
An art encyclopedia entry naming Ghulam Mohammed Kanihama, weaver and parliamentarian, as founder of the training centre that led the revival.
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