'I want to showcase the hidden beauty of Kurdish culture in fashion': Zarya Azadi

Zarya Azadi is a fashion model and a powerful force in raising awareness of gender inequality. She was born in Diyarbakir and belongs to the Yezidi religion. She has lived in Germany since the age of three when her family fled from Turkey in 1991 as a result of the civil war. Zarya has participated in Fashion Weeks in London, Los Angeles, Berlin, Milan and Paris as a model.

Model Zarya Azadi Source: Rafael Poshmann

Zarya Azad's fashion show "The Hidden Beauty of Kurdistan" which was supposed to be in February 2022 has been postponed to September 2022 due to COVID-19.

The show will include a few Kurdish fashion designers as well as others.

"Let's hope that Coronavirus will end by then, and we will have our planned fashion show in September", said Ms Azadi.

Model Zarya Azadi Source: Arun Nevader

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Source: Rafael Poshmann