Egyptian women weave palm leaves into bags - in pictures

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