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

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.