A male quarry worker wearing a traditional keffiyeh and galabiya lifts a white limestone block at the Minya Quarries in the Eastern Mountain region of Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt. Hundreds of uniform white stone blocks are visible across the quarry floor, cut and arranged for manufacture into white bricks. Workers at this site begin their shifts as early as 3:00 a.m. and labor until 11:00 a.m., extracting and shaping limestone by hand under harsh conditions with limited labor protections.