Malak Fouad Mostafa
My name is Malak Fouad Mustafa, I consider photography as my hobby since I have my own phone, and I see it as a way to express myself indirectly.
Fouad
Photo and text by Malak Fouad Mostafa
Fouad Ahmed Mostafa, this is my father. He’s 43 years old, born on 30 June, 1981.
He learned the profession of tiling when he was 16 years old, choosing to give up his academic career to help my grandfather support the family and try to meet their needs.
My father became very good at his job, mastering many different methods and forms in the way he practiced his profession. He works hard to provide for our home and to live a decent life.
He goes early in the morning to meet his friends: the coffee and Kaake (traditional bread) sellers. Seeing them and sitting with them before he goes to work has become a routine for my father for many years.
When he returns home after a long and tiring day at work, he finds comfort in eating lunch with all of us to regain some of the energy he spent at work all day.
In his spare time, he arranged a corner of the roof of our house, where he planted jasmine and juri flowers, a cocoa tree and some other herbs to benefit from them. He uses his spare time to water and take care of them.
