A group of Egyptian schoolchildren in blue school uniforms gather and smile around a young craftsman making traditional cotton-stuffed mattresses (maratib) on a residential street in Esna, Luxor Governorate. Large white tufted mattresses are visible propped against a stone wall, alongside burlap sacks of raw cotton and a woven rug on the ground, reflecting an active street-level cottage industry. The aged brick buildings and cobblestone street are characteristic of old Esna's urban fabric in Upper Egypt.