Knitters

Camilla lived in Dagestan in the village of Mishlesh. She came to Mamrux as a bride. Her husband was the Mullah or Imam of the local mosque. She has four children, three girls, one boy. Her husband died many years ago. Her son moved to Russia for work, but faced...

Emnat is a robust woman with a huge smile. She grew up in the mountains of Dagestan with five sisters and one brother. She lived in Dagestan until she was in her mid-forties, so she does not speak Azerbaijani, instead she speaks the languages of Tsakhur and Russian. She has...

Necabet was born and raised in the village of Mamrux in the region of Zaqatala. Necabet’s sixty-five years of life have been filled with hardship and toil. She speaks of the abuse that she received at the hand of her father and then her husband.  She became a widow at...