The Corona virus crisis has brought the phenomenon of kites back to the sky of Cairo after quarantine procedures closed stadiums, clubs and clubs, and children and some adults have no choice but to entertain by launching these planes from rooftops, apartment buildings, or neighborhood parties.
And spread to several Cairo neighborhoods, most notably Bulaq Abu Al-Ala, Bab al-Sharia, Al-Warraq and Imbaba, the workshops of making kites, and the price of the plane reached according to buyers and manufacturers from 50 to 150 Egyptian pounds, and each workshop featured its planes with certain fees.
The kite is made of "Kharasan or Boss" which is cut in equal lengths and takes the shape of a quadrilateral or hexagon on which the colored leaves are fixed with several drawings and attached with threads to fly them.
The owner of a workshop, which was called by "Emirates Today" in Al-Warraq, said that "he was originally a carpenter, and due to the interruption of the market after the Corona pandemic, he turned to the kite industry to fulfill his obligations such as the payment of rents and salaries of workers, and it now creates a reasonable income for him in these circumstances, Sometimes he sells 6-7 planes per day. "
The Emirates Today monitored a development in the forms of kites, as they took the form of animals and birds, or laughing personalities such as Ismail Yassin and Ahmed Helmy and Abla Fahita, or figures with popular symbolism such as the player Mohamed Salah, and the organization of competitions among children who own these planes, whether in neighborhoods, were also monitored. Popular, or between groups get out of cars in open places such as Nasr City and Heliopolis.
Corona's crisis was sometimes reflected in the shape of these planes, and there were types of them written on it: "Take the corona and my bird," and "Lord, raise this scourge," and another appeared tied on it "masks and gloves" or "carrying pictures of martyrs of the medical staff."