An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop, in Old Cairo.
An Egyptian worker sorts clay pots to dry before displaying them for sale at one of the traditional pottery workshops in Old Cairo, Egypt. All photos: Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
According to the owners of the workshop, they use clay brought from Aswan in upper Egypt (1,000km south of Cairo).
The price of the clay pots varies between 20 to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($1.20 to $120, Dh4.4 to Dh440) depending on the size and craftsmanship of the item.
Children sort clay pieces to dry outside one of the traditional pottery workshops in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker sorts clay pots to dry before displaying them for sale at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker carries clay pots to be dried before displaying them for sale.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay pot at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament.
An Egyptian worker puts the wood inside a traditional oven at a pottery workshop.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop.
An Egyptian worker puts the wood inside a traditional oven at a pottery workshop in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop, in Old Cairo.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop, in Old Cairo.
An Egyptian worker sorts clay pots to dry before displaying them for sale at one of the traditional pottery workshops in Old Cairo, Egypt. All photos: Khaled Elfiqi / EPA
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
According to the owners of the workshop, they use clay brought from Aswan in upper Egypt (1,000km south of Cairo).
The price of the clay pots varies between 20 to 2,000 Egyptian pounds ($1.20 to $120, Dh4.4 to Dh440) depending on the size and craftsmanship of the item.
Children sort clay pieces to dry outside one of the traditional pottery workshops in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker sorts clay pots to dry before displaying them for sale at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian worker carries clay pots to be dried before displaying them for sale.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay pot at one of the traditional pottery workshops, in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament.
An Egyptian worker puts the wood inside a traditional oven at a pottery workshop.
An Egyptian worker shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop.
An Egyptian worker puts the wood inside a traditional oven at a pottery workshop in Old Cairo, Egypt.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop, in Old Cairo.
An Egyptian potter shapes a clay ornament at a pottery workshop, in Old Cairo.
The tradition of clay pottery is alive in Old Cairo – in pictures
The pots sell from $1 to $100, depending on size and craftsmanship
