1.   Arnulfo Mendoza, a Donis protege who comes from a family of Zapotec carpet weavers, works in both modern and folk modes.

2.   Born in Tehran to Armenian parents, Sevruguin devoted a long career to documenting life in Iran, through subjects ranging from wrestlers to carpet weavers to uninhabited landscapes.

3.   He took a job as a carpet weaver in Mississippi, just over the river from his Arkansas home.

4.   To get the money, the young carpet weaver had to borrow from his employer.

5.   Business is booming for TV sellers, beauty shop owners, real estate agents and carpet weavers.

6.   Child labor in Pakistan gained international prominence earlier this year following the shooting death of Iqbal Masih, a child activist and former carpet weaver.

7.   The problem of child labor in Pakistan gained international attention earlier this year following the shooting death of Iqbal Masih, a child activist and former carpet weaver.

8.   They are also used as servants in homes and are prized as carpet weavers because their tiny fingers allow them to make the smallest, tightest knots.

9.   When Khurram was a carpet weaver, he worked in a grimy adobe hut crammed with eight weaving looms.

10.   Another MP, Mohammadreza Khabaz, echoed the concern, saying many carpet weavers had lost their jobs because of the decline in exports.