Feature: Thread by thread, Libyan women keep an age-old craft alive

TRIPOLI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- As the first rays of morning light spread across Tripoli's old city, the sound of a wooden loom echoes through a narrow alley, mingling with the scents of thyme, amber and coffee drifting through the ancient streets. Beneath the vaulted roof of a traditional courtyard house, between Maryam Square and Arba Arsat Street, cousins Zeinab and Aisha Madi sit before strands of wool, their hands moving with quiet precision as tangled threads gradually take shape, becoming ba