Giving a mother an opportunity to be independent is life changing for not only the mother, but for her family as a whole. Each mother that come through the Mothernomics door has a unique and extraordinary story that makes each mother so special and inspiring. One of these extraordinary mothers is 39 year old Delal.
Getting married is a special moment, in that moment you start to build so many dreams and hopes for the life that you will have with this person. Your thought process is now thinking where you see yourself ten, twenty, thirty years down the line.
At the age of 22, Delal got married to the love of her life, they had a very nice wedding and all her relatives were there to celebrate this special occasion. She remembers thinking how lucky she is to have met her husband Raid. This all tragically came to an end on a fateful day in October of 2004, just seven months after they had gotten married. Delal and her husband were eating lunch when they heard screaming outside, Raid got up and ran to see what was going on. A few moments later and Delal heard a sound she would never forget, three gunshots. She came outside and saw that her husband had been shot and was not moving. She stood there shocked in devastation; she screamed begging for someone to help. Raid was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. At this moment Delal’s mind shifted to her five month old baby son in her tummy. His father had wanted to name his Ali. The next day Delal was picked up by her parents and she had been staying there ever since. Months later after that tragic incident and Delal gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, and she named him Ali, just as Raid would have wanted.
Now seventeen years after the passing of her husband and Delal is still living with her parents. A few years after the death of her husband, Delal started selling clothes in her neighbourhood to earn a living for her and her son. She was just on her two feet when she started feeling tired and ill. Upon getting checked out, Delal discovered that she had cancer. She sold everything she had and borrowed much more to get treated in Baghdad. She fought to always be with her son and to provide for him. With continuous treatments and surgeries, Delal is now cancer free and is in a much better health state.
Delal is now in a different place in her life, because of the many hardships she has had to face, she is now adamant to do something for herself. This is when she decided to join Mothernomics. Delal is now completing her training in sewing and is going very well. She wants to be her neighbourhood tailor and start working as soon as possible. When speaking with her, Delal says something very special. She says that since she has joined training, she has not only developed her skills in sewing, but her communication skills and her overall well-being has greatly transformed. Here she has made many friends and gained a once in a lifetime experience.
