An elderly Egyptian potter wearing a white skullcap and clay-stained work clothes shapes a ceramic vessel on a hand-powered pottery wheel inside a rustic mud-brick workshop in Garis village, Ashmoun district, Al-Monofeya. The dimly lit space, rough stone walls, and raw clay surfaces reflect a traditional craft environment largely unchanged for generations. Hand-thrown pottery (Fakhkhar) remains an active rural industry in the Egyptian Delta, with villages in Al-Monofeya known for preserving this ancient craft.