Sewing classes at the Community Center

Though we are still in need of funding to complete the Community Center in Soran, a local Kurdish group of women are already putting the classrooms to good use! Here is a sneak peak at what a Kurdish sewing class looks like...

How's this for a 4am wake-up call

Five times a day, from as early as 4am and as late as 8 o'clock in the evening, this poetic call to prayer echoes throughout the Soran valley. Sung by Imams through the megaphone speakers of every local mosque, the rather intrusive call reminds the faithful Muslims to stop and pray to Allah.