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al munjid Man Carding Cotton – Cairo, Egypt – 1860

This rare 1860 photograph by Emile and Hippolyte Béchard captures an Egyptian man carding raw cotton by hand—a crucial step in preparing cotton for spinning.
The image documents the physicality of traditional labor in 19th-century Cairo and offers insight into Egypt’s domestic industry during the Khedivate period.