Blind woman in Halabja displays knitting work, becomes town’s icon

13-12-2016
Rudaw
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Sabria Hamain, 45, has impressed the people of her town of Halabja with her knitting and embroidery for almost three decades.

 

She does not have a store and people come to her house to buy her work from across town.

 

Most recently the town held a fair in a major venue to sell her handmade garments and to recognize her work.

 

Sabria says that despite her fame and sale of her work, knitting for her is a hobby more than anything else.

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