Alaa Adel, an Iraqi fashion designer, poses for a picture at her "Iraqcouture" studio in the capital Baghdad — Sabah ARAR The sewing machines and fabric that surround Alaa Adel at her "Iraqcouture" ...
In a Jordanian church, Sarah Nael sews a shirt for a project that has provided scores of women who fled violence in neighboring Iraq with skills to earn a living. Many of the women escaped the extreme ...
Alaa Adel, 33, counts herself among a limited number of female entrepreneurs in a country where most women don't work outside the home. — © AFP Alaa Adel, 33 ...