An Egyptian craftsman works on assembling large brass hookah (shisha) bases inside a traditional metalworking workshop on Sharia Al-Harrafeen, Al-Gamaliya, Cairo. The workshop is filled with finished and semi-finished brass hookah components, a large industrial wheel mechanism, and tools characteristic of Cairo's historic craft district. Handmade hookah production in Al-Gamaliya is a generations-old trade, with craftsmen shaping and assembling brass pieces by hand using techniques passed down through families in this part of Islamic Cairo.