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Amid power outage in Gaza, tailors use bicycle-powered sewing machine to repair things due to the lack of fuel and electricity.

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Why The Tailors Of Gaza Are Kept So Busy

by Saher Alghorra June 12, 2024May 24, 2025

Photo of one of Ouagadougou's "rafistoleurs" carrying his sewing machine on his shoulder

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Meet The “Patchers,” Burkina Faso’s Mobile Tailors Cutting Corners On-The-Go

by Hugo Perrin-Paulus March 13, 2023May 19, 2025

Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami voting in Tehran in 2009

Shia Chic: Meet The Qom Tailor Who Dresses Iran’s Clerics

by Worldcrunch March 31, 2016May 22, 2025