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Donkey barber passes skills to son, one shear at a time

By Associated Press in Cairo | China Daily | Updated: 2014-11-04 07:52

In the shadow of Cairo's medieval aqueduct, Mohammed Mustafa teaches his 5-year-old son the family's trade, one shear at a time.

Mohammed is one of Cairo's donkey barbers, an expert in trimming and styling horses, camels, mules, sheep, goats, dogs and donkeys. He is a third-generation qassasseen, the Egyptian Arabic term for animal barbers, and his grandfather worked in Cairo's Abdeen Palace.

Mohammed's father, Mahmoud, taught him the trade and now, near Old Cairo along the road following the aqueduct, he teaches the craft to his son, Mustafa.

It is a profession often looked down upon in Egyptian society, as he works with the beasts of burden that still roam modern Cairo's streets, pulling carts filled with vegetables or loads of trash from neighborhoods.

But workers rely on the animals and take pride in them, getting them haircuts or having their fur shaved with designs or their initials ahead of major holidays.

"There are a lot of other people who do this job. But he (Mohammed) is gentle - and his prices are gentle too," says Abdulrahman Ibrahim, a cart driver who stopped by Mohammed's outdoor shop to get his horse's monthly trim.

Mohammed charges between 20 and 30 Egyptian pounds ($2.80 to $4.20) per customer, with each appointment taking him less than 30 minutes to finish - depending on the order, and the animal's sensitivities.

"All the horses are clever - in fact all the donkeys, cows and dogs are clever. Without a doubt, dogs will slip out from under you," he says.

But the work is dangerous. Later in his family's one-room home, Mohammed traces a scar across his right jaw with a finger missing its first joint.

"One horse bit my finger off, another horse hit me here," Mohammed says, pointing to a scar on his jaw visible through a thick beard. He says a dentist told him he might lose most of his lower teeth soon.

Despite that, Mohammed takes pride in his work.

"People love us because they trust the quality of work between us," he says. "They loved my father, and my work is like my father's work."

 Donkey barber passes skills to son, one shear at a time

Mustafa Mohammed, 5, reaches to trim a horse at his father's makeshift animal barber shop in Cairo. The boy's father is one of Cairo's donkey barbers, a unique trade in the region. Maya Alleruzzo / Associated Press

(China Daily 11/04/2014 page10)

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