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A wooden door separates wood polisher Mahmoud al-Esseily’s workshop from that of his brother, Samy al-Esseily. There are four workers in Mahmoud’s workshop, the youngest is 11 years old. Mohamed al-Rifay, an 11-year-old student, has been working at the wood polisher’s workshop since he was eight years old. He lives in Gamaliya village, one hour away from his workplace. When one of his fingers was injured, he went to the public hospital, where the doctor advised him to go to a private clinic, because the only thing they could do was amputate it. When asked why he has to work, even though his father is alive, he said: “This is a dangerous job, and it has ruined my chest. I won’t go to the doctor, I just drink a glass of milk every day and that makes the pain go away. The craft is more important, if we don’t practice, it’ll disappear.”