Ebtesam Mohamed irons clothes using her feet in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed heats the iron at her shop in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed carries an iron at her shop in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed irons clothes using her feet in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed hangs clothes at her shop in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed prepares to iron a piece of cloth using her feet, in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed irons clothes using her feet in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed irons using her feet in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Ebtesam Mohamed irons clothes at her shop in Alexandria, Egypt August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Egyptian traditional foot ironing
In a narrow alleyway in the heart of Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Ebtesam Mohamed is busy working on a decades-old Egyptian tradition of ironing clothes using her feet.