• Abu Mahmoud, 72, at his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-western city of Idlib. To serve his clients, the elderly Syrian man has been using the old tools made of cast iron, which need to be heated on a gas stove, because of the lack of electricity supply in his war-torn region. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud, 72, at his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-western city of Idlib. To serve his clients, the elderly Syrian man has been using the old tools made of cast iron, which need to be heated on a gas stove, because of the lack of electricity supply in his war-torn region. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud heats an old iron on a gas stove at his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud heats an old iron on a gas stove at his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud sprays clothes with water before using an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud sprays clothes with water before using an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing tool to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing machine to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud uses an old ironing machine to press clothes in his shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud inspects a pressed suit in his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud inspects a pressed suit in his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud rests in his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud rests in his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
  • Abu Mahmoud stands at the entrance of his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP
    Abu Mahmoud stands at the entrance of his ironing shop in Syria's rebel-held north-west city of Idlib. AFP

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Syrian presser shows how to iron without electricity - in pictures

Abu Mahmoud, 72, has an ironing shop in the rebel-held north-western city of Idlib

The National

March 30, 2021

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