Oriental Rug Review, 1995 "These are not the people who present glossy ads proclaiming their own superiority, who reserve to themselves and to their companies all credit for producing beautiful rugs, but rather those producers who live and work in the country of origin of the rugs."

Pakistan, February 15, 1989 "Sawabi camp is not outstanding from the initial impression. It could be almost anywhere in rural northern Pakistan. Only the people are different. The faces, the clothing, indeed the entire feeling here is not Pakistan but Afghanistan in exile."