Nearly five years ago, Huda Sarhang, 27, was sitting at one of the most iconic tea shops in Erbil, the Macho tea shop, sipping the store’s famous cardamom-infused tea.
Staring at the classic istikaan glass which held her tea, she wondered whether it could withstand the heat of something else: melted wax.
After researching the science behind candle-making through online classes, and experimenting with different products, Sarhang started…