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BRASS DESIGNERS
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RAG RUG WEAVERS
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ONE OF A KIND
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BASKETRY
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BREAD
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CANDLES
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BARBER
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THE WOOD TURNER
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HISHAM SALEH
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DYERS
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INLAY CRAFT
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INLAY CRAFT (2)
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TENT MAKERS
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RAMADAN LANTERNS
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PERFUME MAKER
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COPPERSMITHS
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THE OUD
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EMBROIDERY
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THE OUD
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POTTERY
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THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
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COPPERSMITHS
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TARBOUSH
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SHISHA REPAIR
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' , 'The use of inlaid furniture in Cairo appeared during the Mamluk period in the 13th century. Cairo’s craftsmen produced furniture and decorative items for mosques and residences, using mother of pearl, ivory and tortoise shell. Today’s craftsmen use plastic, bone, and mother of pearl to keep costs down. The technique of inlay consists of cutting the material they use, or binding the rods together to form patterns, slice them, and then place the pattern-disk or cut material onto the surface to be decorated with unmatched precision and dexterity. After drying, filling and polishing the final product, the created designs look as if they were pre-designed and geometrically drawn rather than improvised.<br>photograph 4-12'))
 for which these craftsmen are best known, begins with drawing the design on paper, outlining the design by pricking a needle through the paper attached to the canvas and sprinkling carbon over the perforated paper. Using that same design the craftsman cuts small pieces of colored fabric and begins to apply each piece to the canvas with speed and invisible stitches. All pieces of canvas are then sewn together and the suradeq is ready to be used for weddings, funerals, receptions, or khayma ramadaneya. Today printed canvas has begun to replace the old traditional appliqué craft. Still, in order to survive, tentmakers continue to use the same methods taught to them by their fathers in additional products such as pillowcases, wall hangings and bedspreads.<br>photograph 4-13'))
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 area of Cairo. As I wandered through the various workshops in the middle of the loud rhythmic hammering, I saw copper being shaped into cooking pots in one workshop, decorated in another, and finally oxidized in a third. Each team of artisans has their specialty and as one family of artisans they are able to provide the market demands in a timely fashion while they all earn a living.<br>photograph 4-16'))
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. The camera mayya acts as both a camera and a darkroom. The portrait is first taken on a paper negative, and then developed inside the camera. He re-photographs the produced negative using the same camera to create a positive image. Amm Shawky may be the last photographer to only use the camera mayya for his work<br>photograph 4-21'))
 area of Cairo. As I wandered through the various workshops in the middle of the loud rhythmic hammering, I saw copper being shaped into cooking pots in one workshop, decorated in another, and finally oxidized in a third. Each team of artisans has their specialty and as one family of artisans they are able to provide the market demands in a timely fashion while they all earn a living.<br>photograph 4-22'))
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