Egypt’s first female plumber is flushing out the competition
A Cairo woman who found herself needing to make an income after she and her three children were abandoned by her husband was able to overcome her difficulties by becoming a plumber.
Vincent Van Gogh once said, "As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed." This quote summarizes the story of Seham el-Moghazi, a former bank employee who became one of the first female plumbers in Egypt.
After she obtained a vocational diploma in 1972, Moghazi worked as an account department worker at one of Egypt's largest banks. After seven years, she met her husband and they had three children: a son, Basem, and two daughters, Basant and Bardis.
Moghazi, also known as Om Basem, resigned from her job to take care of their children.
However, after 14 years, the familial winds shifted and her husband left the home, leaving his three children and their mother.
