Abu Daooh, a 64yr old widowed Egyptian woman, was honored by a Local government in Egypt for hardwork in spite of odds that discriminate women to labor.
Until few days ago, no one suspected that the show maker of 43 years was a woman (pictured above). Daooh disguised as a man for 43 years so she could operate as a shoemaker and fend for her family.
After the passing of her husband, Daooh being pregnant with her only child, a girl decided to disguise because her community frowned at women who work. Daooh who wore a “jilbab” and a male hat known as a “Taqiyah” and black masculine shoes around, said she decided to disguise as a man so she could work and earn a decent living rather than beg on the streets.
After the passing of her husband, Daooh being pregnant with her only child, a girl decided to disguise because her community frowned at women who work. Daooh who wore a “jilbab” and a male hat known as a “Taqiyah” and black masculine shoes around, said she decided to disguise as a man so she could work and earn a decent living rather than beg on the streets.
"I preferred working in hard labor like lifting bricks and cement bags and cleaning shoes to begging in the streets in order to earn a living for myself and for my daughter and her children. So as to protect myself from men and the harshness of their looks and being targeted by them due to traditions, I decided to be a man … and dressed in their clothes and worked alongside them in other villages where no one knows me.”she said
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