There are young people in Egypt who are learning basket weaving and storytelling, calligraphy and photography.

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The women are highly skilled in the local art of basket weaving.

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Being steeped in the tradition of basket-weaving can make you a master basket-weaver, but political acumen or a shrewd business sense is something that is less easily handed down, if at all.

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And despite the stereotype, not all football recruits are basket-weaving dummies with little interest in school.

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In his interview with Allen, Gates was unfairly coy when asked what he learned, citing knot-tying, basket-weaving and hiking as his chief lessons.

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