Nuray said:Ahh Araden, indeed one of our most beautiful historic villages in Iraq! My grandma is from there so I have a lot of very fond memories of going up there every spring/summer for sharrat Mar Sultan Madoukh. I remember being as little as five & walking up the rocky hill (which seemed endless at the time) that led to the church barefoot.
Oh, really? That's cool. I usually had shoes on and drove up to the door of the church It was traditional for us to visit it once at least in the summer.
We used to go catch qaqwaneh there too!