Refugees – Sabbara https://sabbara.org Elevating Women’s Voices Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:49:55 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://sabbara.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-site-icon-32x32.jpg Refugees – Sabbara https://sabbara.org 32 32 Faten https://sabbara.org/maker-stories/faten/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:13:55 +0000 https://wp1.visualdzign.com/02-faten-8zmgl/ “My family are Palestinian refugees from Syria, and it is forbidden for us to work in Lebanon. So I began knitting, and I really loved the work..”

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Faten is one of Sabbara’s refugee women artisans in Lebanon. Here is her message.

“My family are Palestinian refugees from Syria, and it is forbidden for us to work in Lebanon. So I began knitting, and I really loved the work. I love making things that are beautiful and will be useful to someone, and I love that it is a way of emptying the stress out of your body. When we work, we forget a little the crises that we went through. And through this work we get to meet other women – we meet, sing and laugh and produce beautiful things. We love life.

My message to the person who buys my work is that it was made with joy and with love. I hope it reminds you of me.”

Made with joy and with love

Cushions, bags and shawls made by Faten and her fellow refugee women artisans.

Shop handmade things of beauty

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