IN PICTURES: The survival of the Egyptian Ramadan Lantern
Published date: Jeudi 2 juillet 2015 - 12:40
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Fanous (Ramadan lanterns) stacked outside the workshop of Mohamed Abd El Rehim waiting for customers (MEE/Belal Darder)
Twenty four year old Ahmed Goda works as an apprentice for Mohamed Abd El Rehim, and is working on manufacturing a hand-made fanos (MEE/Belal Darder)
Twenty four year old Ahmed Goda works as an apprentice for Mohamed Abd El Rehim, and is working on manufacturing a hand-made fanos (MEE/Belal Darder)
Thirty six year old Mohamed Abd El Rehim owns a small workshop at Bab El Khalk neighborhood. Here he is working on manufacturing a hand-made Fanous (MEE/Belal Darder)
Thirty six year old Mohamed Abd El Rehim owns a small workshop at Bab El Khalk neighborhood. Here he is working on manufacturing a hand-made fanous (MEE/Belal Darder)
A fanous vendor piling Fwanis in his car, after buying them from Mohamed Abd El Rehim (MEE/Belal Darder)
Fanous in various sizes stacked in a shop in the bab El Khalk neighborhood. (MEE/Belal Darder)
Youssef Khaled is 26 years old, and his friend Ahmed El Refaai, a young man in his early twenties, haggle with the vendor about the price of a fanous (MEE/Belal Darder)
Youssef Khaled and his friend Ahmed El Refaai pause and smile for the camera while holding the fanous that they just bought (MEE/Belal Darder)
A big tent full of multi-coloured fanous tempts Egyptians passers by (MEE/Belal Darder)
An Egyptian cafe on a hot Ramadan night where lots of Egyptians will spend the night smoking Shisha and drinking beverages, while colourful fanous hang decoratively from the ceiling of the cafe (MEE/Belal Darder)
Small fanous piled in the tent of Rasha Lotfy, an Egyptian woman in her late thirties, who works as a fanous vendor (MEE/Belal Darder)
An Egyptian woman, holding a fanous and waiting for the vendor to finish with other customers so that she can start haggling with him about the price of the fanous (MEE/Belal Darder)
A small basket of fanous in the tent of Rasha Lotfy, an Egyptian woman in her late thirties, who works as a Fanous vendor (MEE/Belal Darder)
The streets are lit up by the bright Ramadan fanous (MEE/Belal Darder)
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