An Egyptian potter makes a piece of pottery work at a workshop in Fayoum governorate, 100 km southwest of Cairo, capital of Egypt, on Dec. 3, 2016. Fayoum governorate, Egypt's renowned Tunis village, has won fame over the past three decades for its precious colored pottery works and unique beauty. With its unpaved lanes, the small village of Tunis is located on a sand hill in Fayoum oasis and surrounded by fertile farmlands, featuring a superb view of the large salty Lake Qarun and endless desert. Pottery manufacture arrived at the village in the 1980s when Evelyne Porret, a potter from Switzerland, moved to the village and built a pottery studio. Nearly all local potters learned and taught at the pottery school. Evelyne's school has totally changed the lives of villagers as it turned the village from an unknown rural community to a famous artistic and industrial place. Generation by generation, artists graduated from the small school and then earned their living by injecting magic to the raw clay. They changed their villas into workshops, making their hometown just like a retreat from the turmoil of the world. Except for those attractive workshops and the pottery arts, the eye-catching beauty of the village has made it an adorable tourist hub. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
