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Profile: Surayia Rahman

March 19, 2010 by Denise Felton 2 Comments

Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles has posted a rockin profile of “needle artist…Surayia Rahman who has spent her life helping hundreds of women escape from poverty in Bengal through needle and thread.” An amazing must-read for needlework lovers. See the post.

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Comments

  1. Anil says

    March 19, 2010 at 11:52 pm

    Hi Denise
    Thanks for helping spread the word about Surayia. Just one correction, Surayia is Bangladeshi not Indian.

  2. Denise Felton says

    March 22, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    Thank you so much for the correction, Anil! I’ve revised the post. And thank you for the incredible photos. What a gift to us!

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