"I come from an extremely deprived background. My father used to be over the moon only when having a few kilos of flour, not to mention the rest of the food. I grew up always wondering, how come those artisans who bring the world some of its finest, most mesmerising handicrafts live such a cruel life, without life’s basic needs?!” Shayeb Botrous, head of carpentering workshops of Higaza village in ...