Algiers (Algeria), Oct. 19: Ameena Madani wore a pink Benarasi sari the day she got married last year. Before anyone says what's so unusual about that, Ameena is an Algerian and the wedding was in Algeria. Which explains why Benarasi, tussar, Kanjivaram and Dhakai jamdani saris are doing brisk business in Oran, a coastal city in north-west Algeria. According to Indian ambassador Satbir Singh, sari exports from India to Algeria aggregated over $60 million a year. Ansari visited Wilaya Tipaza on the Mediterranean seafront, 68km west of Algiers, a place that breathes history.

Source: The Telegraph October 19, 2016 22:07 UTC