
Boys sell sweet pastries to pedestrians outside the (C) 18th-century Ottoman-period Sabil-Kuttab (water spring and school) of Abd al-Rahman Katkhuda along Islamic Cairo s landmark al-Muizz li-Din Allah street on July 27, 2023. AFP

A locksmith fixes a safe along an alley outside a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A locksmith fixes a safe along an alley outside a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A deliveryman riding a bicycle carries trays of fresh traditional Egyptian bread on his arms and head from a bakery along an alley in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A deliveryman prepares to hand over to another on a bicycle trays of fresh traditional Egyptian bread from a bakery along an alley in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A metalsmith prepares to feed copper strips into a flattening machine at a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A metalsmith feeds copper strips into a flattening machine at a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A metalsmith prepares to feed copper strips into a flattening machine at a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A metalsmith prepares to pour molten silver from a crucible at a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A metalsmith carries a crucible filled with molten silver at a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP

A metalsmith mixes molten silver in a crucible at a workshop in the Darb el-Ahmar district of Cairo on July 27, 2023. AFP