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WOMEN MAKING FUEL FROM THE SWEEPINGS OF THE STREETS
| Animal droppings are very largely used for fuel throughout Egypt, as in many parts of Africa, Asia, and South America. In Egypt women collect the material in bushels, and make it into small cakes which they lay out on the sand to dry in the sun as here depicted. When dry the cakes are collected and sold. In the desert camel dung is virtually the only fuel available |
FOLLOWERS OF AN ANCIENT HANDICRAFT ENGROSSED IN THEIR TOIL
| This carpenter of Cairo fashions the wood with a long-handled chisel guided by his toes, while the wood is rapidly revolved by bow and string worked by his boy assistant. He is often seen turning the little pegs used in making the famous meshrebîya window screens and lattices. Small boy workers are a regular feature of the native bazaars |