1.   But they still can be made at half of what it cost to weave a carpet in Iran before Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah.

2.   Instead, people wove spectacular carpets of flowers that were laid on the streets where the pope would travel before millions of adoring followers in his popemobile.

3.   Or will they weave carpets?

4.   There are animals to be tended, wool to be dyed, carpets to be woven, children to be schooled.

5.   Hundreds of neighborhood groups wove bright carpets of flowers and dyed wooden shavings to cover the route the pontiff will follow during a citywide parade.

6.   Many children work in farm fields, restaurants, weaving carpets, stitching footballs or as prostitutes.

7.   Many of those programs are run by international aid groups that teach girls and young women to weave carpets and sew.

8.   The women use wool from the animals to weave colorful carpets to supplement family incomes.

9.   They weave carpets, shine shoes, beg, whatever they can to earn a little money.