Lost Treasures: Beauty, Repression, and Womanhood in Iraqi Kurdistan
- Sarwa Azeez
- Nov 5, 2023
- 7 min read
Updated: Aug 2, 2024

When I was in the first grade, my aunt Zakeya, my mother’s sister, gifted me a necklace crafted from pearly white, round plastic beads. It wasn't made of precious stones, but I would not have traded it for anything. We lived in a post-war era. Our parents couldn't afford real jewelry, dresses, toys, or other luxuries. They had more pressing concerns.
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