Knitters

Sahsenem (on the right) is from the region of Quba.  She spends her winters knitting and her summers working in the fields - like picking these cherries.  In the winter she pops over to her neighbor's house (on the left) every night to knit together while they chat.  She spends...

Samira is from the city of Shirvan. She is the mom of only one son, who she has been using her money to send to tutors and help him to enter the university that he wanted to go to.  Her husband doesn't let her leave their 5th story apartment without...

Rubaba (on the left) had just come in from picking cherries and of course offered some to us.  She is from the village of Qalaxudat in the region of Quba.  She knits with her daughter-in-law (not pictured) who she lives with and their neighbor (on the right).  They get together...