Iraqi Sherine Othman spends about 7 hours a day making mud skirts, to secure a living with her seventieth husband, and she is the mother of 5 sons and 3 daughters, and thanks to this profession, her children have completed their university studies.
Not only did the vagaries of winter and the pinch of its cold stop a barrier to Sherine's work as she approaches her seventieth year, but the tribal customs and traditions prevailing in her male community in the district of Chamchamal in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq were among the most prominent obstacles that she passed with her will and insistence on working in the profession of making mud skirts 5 decades ago.
Haji Reda helps his wife bring mud from the outskirts of the city, which has unique properties that make it resistant to rain and low temperatures, and prevents it from breaking, and then his wife mixes straw and salt with it to make it more durable and strong, before making the clay oven, which has increased in demand in recent times. The last, which is the craft that brought it the appreciation of clients from all over Iraq.