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Egyptian Cotton Harvesters Keep Ancient Rhythm in Beppo Fields
Edward Pollak reports from Cairo on fellaheen picking white cotton along the Nile in Beppo, describing their costumes, routines, and the scene of daily labor. Dozens of workers move between fields and canals under the sun, filling earthen jars and loading cotton onto trucks as a modern-industrial backdrop meets ancient farming life.
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Edward Pollak
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Nile
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