Egypt: The Rural, the Ancient, & the Urban Ghettos
Man: You work with TV? Are you a journalist? Will I be on TV? Wait! Wait! Let me fix myself first!
Myself: You have a beautiful smile! Look how your photo turned out! Man: Do you hear that everyone?! She says my smile is beautiful!
The Mahmasa
One of the surviving economic urban traditions of Egyptian public space is the frequent consumption of traditional herbs, oils, and freshly roasted nuts and seeds. The Mahmasa [the roaster], are street stores, often with a half open ceiling specialized in selling nuts and seeds of all kind. Nuts and seeds are roasted in a roasting machine and filtered using traditional sieves.
The Olla, is a traditional Egyptian unglazed water jug. It is popularly used as a source of filtering and cooling water. Usually water is drank straight from the jug.
Father: "She won't look at you. She's too shy. Mariam! Look! It's a camera!"
Father: "She's a shy one, but that's my girl!"
