SAARC Fashion Show

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Contact info: msherzoy@gmail.com msherzoy@awwsom.com AWWSOM Showcases Designs in New Dehli, India on December 7, 2007 Fashion has a new meaning for Mina in Afghanistan. Fashion for Mina is a way of teaching women and their families to live again, of nursing people back to work culture and more importantly, making women economically empowered. This to Mina is the biggest fashion statement of all: Empowerment. Over the years Mina Sherzoy has been trying to find a way to provide income for the poor and deprived widows of war. In addition to stimulating these women economically, she has helped also revive the handicrafts of Afghanistan which disappeared during the 30 years of war. AWWSOM was created as a shopping haven that reinvigorates the rich culture of Afghanistan. When you purchase from AWWSOM, you will directly empower an Afghan. As Mina attempts to breathe life into the age old handicrafts and embroidery; she also gives them a modern restoration. Here is just a taste of the hundreds of unique and inspiring work of Afghan artisans.

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