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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
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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
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