A woman makes pastry at the Masmoudi factory in Sfax, Tunisia. All photos: EPA
A woman makes pastry at the Masmoudi factory in Sfax, Tunisia. All photos: EPA
Masmoudi Patisserie is a fine pastry house founded in 1972 in Sfax, one of the best-known in Tunisia.
Masmoudi Patisserie is a fine pastry house founded in 1972 in Sfax, one of the best-known in Tunisia.
It employs 900 workers, 85 per cent of whom are women.
It employs 900 workers, 85 per cent of whom are women.
Tunisian women prepare rolled pastries.
Tunisian women prepare rolled pastries.
A Tunisian woman shows a type of pastry made at the pattiserie.
A Tunisian woman shows a type of pastry made at the pattiserie.
Ramadan is high season for Masmoudi Patisserie, as the area's Muslims consume more during holy month than throughout the rest of the year.
Ramadan is high season for Masmoudi Patisserie, as the area's Muslims consume more during holy month than throughout the rest of the year.
Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan by praying during the night and abstaining from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset.
Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan by praying during the night and abstaining from eating and drinking between sunrise and sunset.
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.
This batch of pastries is almost ready.
This batch of pastries is almost ready.

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Tunisian women bake at famous pastry house in Sfax - in pictures

Masmoudi Patisserie was founded in 1972

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