[IslamCity] In pictures: Iran's working rural women

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----- Original Message ----- From: kaniz fatima To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: [Dahuk]: In pictures: Iran's working rural women In pictures: Iran's working rural women 1 of 10 BBCPersian.com reader Mohammad Nickahd sent these images of women hard at work on a co-operative farm in the village of Darreh Shahr in Ilam province, western Iran. 2 of 10 Like many rural areas, the region suffers from poverty, unemployment, and drought...   3 of 10 ... but new irrigation projects diverted water from a nearby river and enabled 80 farming co-operatives to be set up.     4 of 10 The UN estimates that women make up around 9% of the membership in such co-operatives, but many more are involved unofficially in the planting, weeding and harvesting of crops.     5 of 10 The women often have to work in searing hot temperatures, making sure foodstuffs such as wheat, barley, sugar beet and sugar cane are well tended.     6 of 10 Women in the village also perform most of the menial tasks, such as collecting and storing foraged food for their livestock...   7 of 10 ... which will prove a precious source of income or food should drought hit the region. 8 of 10 While their mothers are hard at work in the fields, it is left to the grandmothers to watch the younger children...   9 of 10 ... and to provide food and shelter.   10 of 10 And at the end of a hard day, the women still find the time for weaving, which also provides a valuable source of income for many families.   Source: BBC news __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Disclaimer: Dahuk is not liable for the opinions, comments or ideas contained in the mails other than those from its management.] =================================================================== Dahuk: promoting the righteous way of life - is a mailing list for all Islam-loving Bangladeshi people worldwide. Please visit: http://www.dahuk.org =================================================================== *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.