Amien Marghich

Second-generation custodian of a Fassi leather craft atelier established in 1968, within Fes's tradition of fine leathercraft, refined across a thousand years of royal patronage. Published academic researcher whose primary fieldwork documented the economics and transmission challenges facing Moroccan leather artisan communities. Former Google chief engineer with fifteen years in enterprise-scale systems architecture. Now working to preserve one of the world's most endangered luxury craft traditions. Only a few hundred practitioners worldwide still master its most demanding techniques, each requiring fifteen to twenty-five years of continuous formation. Dutch-Moroccan dual citizen bridging two craft and design traditions. Can speak on: craft economics and artisan livelihoods, luxury...