Between 1971 and 1979 he set up the One Hotel with his friend and business partner Gholam Dastaghir in Kabul as a kind of artistic commune and created large colourful embroideries, the most famous of these were the Mappa, world maps in which each country features the design of its national flag. In 1971, Boetti commissioned women at an embroidery school in Kabul to embroider his first map. He initially intended to make only one but went on to commission roughly 150 of them in his lifetime, with no two possessing exactly the same dimensions.
Between 1971 and 1979, Boetti and Gholam Dastaghir established the One Hotel in Kabul as an artistic commune. They produced large colorful embroideries, with the Mappa being their most famous work—a world map featuring each country's national flag design. In 1971, Boetti asked women at an embroidery school to create his first map. He initially intended to make just one but ended up commissioning around 150 of them throughout his lifetime.