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Sami al-Esseily, 40 years old, owns a carpentry workshop in Shuara village. Like all workshop owners, Sami worries about his debts and workers’ wages. Sami al-Esseily, a 38-year-old married man with four children, chose to work and live in Shuara village in Damietta. He has been a carpenter since the age of six and takes pride in his craft, which he says is under threat from businessmen and their capital. “Carpentry is the foundation of the industry, for the carpenter is the artist that materializes the designs and tastes of consumers. We hand down this craft to our children and the next generation. Regardless of their level of education, they must learn the furniture craft.”