Sisa Gaber Abu Douh who after the death of her husband, was forced to disguise herself as a man to find work. she cut her hair, dressed in loose fitting robes and a turban, finding work as a shoe-shiner, farmer and in construction to provide for her daughter and grandchildren. As women were not hired for manual labor jobs in Egypt in the 1970s. – Tiny Fox Lab Facts
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