Ebtesam irons using her feet. - REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: In a narrow alleyway in the heart of Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Ebtesam Mohamed is busy working on a decades-old Egyptian tradition of ironing clothes using her feet.
Unlike in regular ironing, she smoothes out creases by sliding a large hot metal slab weighing nearly 40kg back and forth with her foot. There is a piece of wood between the iron and her foot to protect it from the heat.
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