SYRIA-SWEIDA-WOMEN-RAGS-ARTWORKS

SYRIA-SWEIDA-WOMEN-RAGS-ARTWORKS

(220821) -- SWEIDA, Aug. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Khloud Hnaidi speaks during an interview about a project to rework old rags into usable items such as table cloths, rugs and decorative artworks, in Sweida, southern Syria, July 3, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syrian women transform recycled rags into meaningful art works as part of self-healing journey" (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

Syrian women seek mental healing while working in rags workshop

STORY: Syrian women seek mental healing while working in rags workshop DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:26 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the workshop 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHLOUD HNAIDI, Workshop owner 3 various of women working in the workshop 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KHLOUD HNAIDI, Workshop owner 5 SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MANAL MASOUD, Woman at the workshop STORYLINE: In Syria, the more than a decade-long war has stuffed people's lives with countless unpleasant stories and heartbreaks, pushing people to figure out ways to release the stress and share their stories. A few years ago in Sweida city in southern Syria, Khloud Hnaidi, a middle-aged woman, started a project for recycling old rags and remaking them into usable items such as table clothes, rugs, or some sort of artwork for decoration. At the Hnaidi workshop, many women showed up from different parts of the country. Each has her own story and burden. They came together and started developing their weaving skills