I only spent about 5 weeks, total, in Morocco, and 3 years, total, in Turkey, decades ago. There are a lot of fantastic craftsmen in those two countries. Metal, stone, and ceramics works as done in that part of the world can be exceptionally beautiful, and also quite useful. The technology they use to produce it is generally quite simple, if you're smart enough to figure out how to do it in the first place. They manage just fine.

Bill