She wears a man's long dress with dignified sleeves, a blue turban, jalabea, and man's boots. Sisa Abu Du Hannemr is 65 years old, 43 of them she pretended to be a man in order to find a job and family. The woman was left without a livelihood a few months before the birth of her daughter - after her husband died. Refusing to remarry, she is a daughter of culture, working odd jobs, and now helps with her grandchildren. This year, the Egyptian authorities presented her with an award for «perfect motherhood.»
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The Untamed Shrew
