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How one man in Egypt is keeping a 200-year-old tradition of tile making alive

By Business Insider

Published : July 16, 2021 - 10:19

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Saied Hussain has been hand-making tiles out of cement for over 50 years. He says he's one of the last still doing this work in Egypt — most other workshops couldn't withstand competition from marble and ceramic tile makers. We went to Cairo to see how his business is still standing.