MEET THE FOUNDER
Angelina Miran
Angelina Miran, a British ex-patriot, who made Kurdistan her home six years ago founded W.I.N.E on the October of 2010 after a lonely start to life in Erbil, relocating with her Kurdish husband and daughter.
I realised I needed a pair of tights of all things, the only local supermarket I knew of didn’t have much of a ladies section. Where do women buy tights from? I asked myself. My husband who was also finding his feet here didn’t know which direction to point me in either. Luckily having bumped into a returning Kurd, she was Scottish Kurdish we became Facebook Friends, after a walk and talk about tights. I added her to the group and she added someone and when we had a staggering five members we went for coffee. It was the most emotional cappuccino I have ever sipped, we complained,laughed and cried all about life here in Erbil Kurdistan.
Over six years on I am blessed with a son and a career in Radio. We are still meeting once a month for coffee and regardless of who we are or where we are from,we have one thing in common. We live safely here in Erbil, Kurdistan and its’s our home.