As refugees from The Soviet War who literally fled on foot out of Afghanistan, the Ahmadi family and their hard-earned success epitomizes the American Dream. But a comfortable life in the safety of West Hollywood isn't what drives them. They've committed to what seems impossible - creating generational change by empowering women in a country where 85% have no formal education and are illiterate.
In 2003, Amadi Carpets returned to Afghanistan to open its first weaving workshop in Kabul. The employees? Twenty women from the local area. The cultural hurdles to make this happen were monumental. The brothers behind Amadi Carpets went from family to family, attempting to persuade husbands, fathers and brothers to allow their wives, mothers and sisters the opportunity to work.
Stemming from the next generation of Ahmadi family, Samer Ahmadi envisioned to create an educational center for women, with the help of her father founder of Amadi Carpets Inc. they turned their grandfathers house into the Sakhi Women's Weaving & Education Center which was founded in 2017.
In 2003, Amadi Carpets returned to Afghanistan to open its first weaving workshop in Kabul. The employees? Twenty women from the local area. The cultural hurdles to make this happen were monumental. The brothers behind Amadi Carpets went from family to family, attempting to persuade husbands, fathers and brothers to allow their wives, mothers and sisters the opportunity to work.
Stemming from the next generation of Ahmadi family, Samer Ahmadi envisioned to create an educational center for women, with the help of her father founder of Amadi Carpets Inc. they turned their grandfathers house into the Sakhi Women's Weaving & Education Center which was founded in 2017.
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