Egyptian slums like Cairo's Dar El-Salam are dismissed by many from Egypt's middle and upper classes as dangerous, bereft of any artistic expression, and populated by those who are the antithesis of "nas mosaqafa", cultured people. Here I mean to subvert these prejudices by exploring Dar El-Salam's knife culture.

Oka and Za'bolla are two friends from Dar El-Salam, one of Cairo's slums. But their work, giving manicures and pedicures in the neighbouring high class district of Maadi, brings them into intimate contact with a vastly different side of Egypt.

Magdy Gabriel Girgis has been tattooing (or "nailing") crosses for Cairo's Coptic community for over 15 years. "Hammer" takes a close look at what this work means to Magdy and his customers.

I made this promo for Nun, a holistic health center in Zamalek, Cairo.