Friday, February 15, 2008

Kurdistan Hush Puppies

This should have probably gone on my list of Things I Want but Can't Afford, but I bought a pair of the above shoes last night. They're custom-made to your size by the Kurds in Northern Iraq and apparently a staple of everyday life there. I wouldn't normally be switching up my shoe tastes except that two American guys are selling them through a site called Buy Shoes, Save Lives, an organization they founded to help finance much needed surgery for the many children in Kurdistan who suffer from heart disease but don't have access to doctors and treatment without this funding.

And I hear they're very addictive after being broken in.

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