Last Blacksmith of Old Nineveh

His shop is a pit one meter below the ground level,his oven is made

from hay and mud,the chimney of which is three used oil barrels,he

used hand made tools,and he made a primitive agricultural tool from

dismantled cars parts and shafts. When I have asked him about his

profession and how it is going to be extinct ,he answered me very

proudly : Do not be afraid ,I have inherited this shop and the

profession from my father ,and I will deliver it to my own two sons.

He was the only one left in the whole of northern Iraq using the old

traditional blacksmithing ,.

Saad, very interesting documentary photo and story.