A portrait of an Egyptian man in a traditional white Galabiya (جلابية) and white knitted Taqiya (طاقية) sitting cross-legged on stone steps, drinking tea from a traditional glass cup in front of a historic cut-stone wall in Esna, Luxor Governorate. The scene reflects everyday street life in Upper Egypt (Sa'eed), where drinking tea outdoors is a deeply rooted social habit. Esna is a historic city on the west bank of the Nile, known for the Temple of Khnum, a Ptolemaic-era monument dedicated to the ram-headed creator god.