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Sabah Khalil, 37, holds palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Sabah Khalil, 37, makes dishes of palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Ashrakat Ahmed, 13, makes dishes of palm leaves in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

People work at Kamla Ahmed's shop in al-Aalam village, where women are taught to fashion handbags out of palm leaves.

Sabah Khalil, 37, holds a cage made of palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village in Fayoum, Egypt.

Kamla Ahmed, 67, and her daughter work on bags made out of palm leaves, in her store in al-Aalam village in Fayoum, Egypt.

Sabah Khalil, 37, makes dishes of palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Sabah Khalil, 37, holds palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Sabah Khalil, 37, makes dishes of palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Ashrakat Ahmed, 13, makes dishes of palm leaves in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

People work at Kamla Ahmed's shop in al-Aalam village, where women are taught to fashion handbags out of palm leaves.

Sabah Khalil, 37, holds a cage made of palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village in Fayoum, Egypt.

Kamla Ahmed, 67, and her daughter work on bags made out of palm leaves, in her store in al-Aalam village in Fayoum, Egypt.

Sabah Khalil, 37, makes dishes of palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Sabah Khalil, 37, holds palm leaves at home in al-Aalam village, in Fayoum, Egypt.

Egyptian women weave palm leaves into bags - in pictures

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