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Defying the harshness of life after the death of her husband... a forty-year-old woman turns her passion for handicrafts and hooking up the hook into a source of livelihood

2021-07-25T11:17:28.374Z


Lattakia, SANA- With a strong will to face a life that has become more cruel after the death of her husband, the forty-year-old woman, Raghda A.


Latakia-SANA

With a strong will to face a life that became more cruel after the death of her husband, the forty-year-old woman, Raghda Um Lyn, was able to transform her passion for manual work, learn the sewing profession, and work the hook at an early age into a source of livelihood and a support that relieves some of her family’s burdens, helps her in managing material affairs, raising her daughters, and providing the appropriate conditions to continue their education. Scientific and academic.

Umm Lynn spends many hours every day behind the old sewing machine to repair worn clothes, sew new pieces of formal and other clothes for parties and special occasions, or make bedspreads and pillows. She often sits on the balcony of her modest home with her hands weaving with thread and hook what one of her clients requested, whether it was pants or a dress. Elegant tablecloths with innovative designs and bright colors that give the interior of the house a distinctive aesthetic touch.

The woman in her forties recalls her childhood and how she learned to work the hook. In her interview with SANA reporter, she said that she grew up in one of the neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo, the majority of whose residents are from the ancient Armenian families who are famous for their love of handicrafts, and they used to meet every day in front of their homes with coffee cups, hooks and colored threads, exchanging morning conversations while their hands weave pieces Different designs and shapes, adding: She and her mother and eight sisters participated in these sessions, watching the movement of their hands and trying to memorize the steps. When she got home, she grabbed her hook and tried to imitate what her eyes saw until she was able to master the work and surprised everyone with the first piece she accomplished in terms of accuracy and ingenuity.

Umm Lynn added: She learned to sew after her marriage about 23 years ago, where she continued to work for one of the skilled women in this field for several months, and then set out to chart her own path in order to establish a small project that would generate additional income in addition to her husband's salary, but the possibilities were very limited, which prevented the realization of At that time, she was content with accomplishing what the women required from the circle of acquaintances and relatives, noting that she was benefiting from recycling leftover fabric pieces, plastic materials, tree leaves and flowers in making decorative products and creating bags with various designs.

Um Lean is keen to follow up on everything new in the sewing profession and work the hook through videos, social media, and websites such as YouTube and others, noting her distinguished experience in one of the rural women’s exhibitions and the opportunity it provided for her to learn about new ideas, exchange experiences and enhance her confidence as an active individual in the society.

“I did not know what fate had in store for me and the death of my husband was the biggest shock I received in my life and an irreparable loss for me and my daughters, but I had to control myself and regain my strength and composure to preserve my family,” she said, adding: I returned to work in sewing after I left her in the past few years and planted The small plot of land next to the house with various types of vegetables to secure our needs and reduce the family's expenses, and I cooperated with my daughters to take care of it, share the housework and take care of their studies.

She concluded her speech by saying that work for her is an indescribable pleasure and helps her to forget her worries, as well as its positive impact on various aspects of material, psychological and moral life, as it allows women to feel self-fulfilling and enhances the strength of her personality, self-confidence and abilities.

Rasha Raslan

Source: sena

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