> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[Fattima Noor]] > Reference:: Noor, F. (2025). Reviving mashroo: A blend of silk and cotton, past and present. _Garland Magazine_. https://garlandmag.com/article/mashroo/ > Date:: 2025 > Tags:: #warp/article #Pakistan #textiles #silk > WeftLinks:: [[Cultural value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft strengthens relationships between members of a cultural group]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Ibrar Hassan and Fattima Noor worked for three years to bring back mashroo, a silk-cotton fabric from the Mughal era. They studied old archives and found skilled weavers to recreate this lost textile by hand. Their goal is to honor heritage and keep the craft alive without mass production. ### Highlights On a hazy spring day in Lahore city, along the iconic Mall Road dotted with banyan and rosewood trees and various historical buildings of the signature red brick, the author stands outside the Lahore museum with the other half of her design duo, Ibrar Hasan. They are there to continue their years-long journey to revive lost fabrics in Pakistan. "In that moment, when I saw the fabric, it was like something I had lost had been found. I felt oddly relieved." Noor came across a weavers' workshop in Karachi, in the old Bombay bazaar. They knew a family who was familiar with the technique and materiality but had not woven it for generations. "I don't want to see it sold off as discount bargain flash sale trousers or something. It deserves more, but it is for the people, for us, for what we had and what we were." Their small studio, Maison Noorabi, is based in Lahore, where Ibrar and Noor collaborate. They hope their studio practice will spark a broader conversation about South Asian heritage, identity, and memory.