Iraqi carpenter turns hobby into business

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Iraqi carpenter turns hobby into business

STORY: Iraqi carpenter turns hobby into business DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Awarah Muhammad Rashid, an Iraqi carpenter, working in his workshop in Erbil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kurdish): AWARAH MUHAMMAD RASHID, Iraqi carpenter 3. various of Rashid working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kurdish): AWARAH MUHAMMAD RASHID, Iraqi carpenter 5. various of Rashid working STORYLINE: Awarah Muhammad Rashid, a young Iraqi carpenter from Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, has been able to provide for himself and his family with his carpentry skills during the past few years. Rashid spends several hours a day making wooden tools and artifacts between his workshop at home and his other workshop in the market where he has established a local brand in the field of handicrafts in the Kurdistan region. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kurdish): AWARAH MUHAMMAD RASHID, Iraqi carpenter "I felt that wooden handicrafts are rare in our country. So I started with a group of simple wor

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