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The Tough Men of Cairo
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Standing on a street corner in Cairo for the first time, I was stunned by the passing traffic of people. People here are tough, they carry heavy weights on their shoulders and heads or pull even heavier loads in push trollies and some simply carry the weight of life and their years on their shoulders, amongst them, a boy soon to be a man lends his hand. I wanted to show through these people that life is tough in this place, the burdens they carry in life are written in their body language, their countenance and their dress. A human drama, the theatre of life unfolding on a stage in Cairo.
2018 to 2026 Oil on canvas
150 × 150 cm
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