Meet Um Raghda

Meet Um Raghda : (OUR SEWING WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR)
We met Um Raghda in 2010 when we first started the 1033 project. In the initial years we partnered with a local government center that has a sewing workshop. This is how we first met Um Raghda.

Um Raghda name means “mother of Raghda.” In the culture we live in, after you have your first child you take on the name of your child. But for years before she was called Sameha.

Sameha is the oldest of 14 children. Her father worked in the army, and traveled a lot throughout the Middle East with the army. When Sameha was around 3 years old they moved from Palestine to an area in Jordan called Tafeela.

To read more of Um Raghda's story go to
https://www.tenthirtythree.com/stories