Tunisian women bake at famous pastry house in Sfax - in pictures

Masmoudi Patisserie was founded in 1972

A woman makes pastry at the Masmoudi factory in Sfax, Tunisia. All photos: EPA

Masmoudi Patisserie is a fine pastry house founded in 1972 in Sfax, one of the best-known in Tunisia.

It employs 900 workers, 85 per cent of whom are women.

Tunisian women prepare rolled pastries.

A Tunisian woman shows a type of pastry made at the pattiserie.

Ramadan is high season for Masmoudi Patisserie, as the area's Muslims consume more during holy month than throughout the rest of the year.

Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan by praying during the night and abstaining from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset.

Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

This batch of pastries is almost ready.

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