Although she is a woman whose height does not exceed 120 cm, the Egyptian Amal Al-Zanati (50 years) did not give in either to being of short stature or to the customs and traditions of the Egyptian countryside, and decided to prove to herself that she is able to do anything like the general public, and to achieve herself in the field. Which she has always wanted to work on.
Amal Al-Zanati grew up in one of the villages of Al-Hamoul Center in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate in northern Egypt, in a large family that included the father, mother and 10 siblings, no one else suffered from short stature. Also, his support increased her self-confidence and gave her the energy that she used to complete her father's career in trade.
Amal revealed that after her brother’s travel, she decided to complete her father’s march in selling and maintaining spare parts for agricultural tractors, assuring - to Al Jazeera Net - that she had made a vow not to pay attention to the traditions of the Egyptian countryside and misconceptions about women and their work, saying, “I decided to break the rule and explain That there is no difference between a man and a woman, or tall and short. "
Amal spends most of her time working between her spare parts shop, which she called her father's family name "Al-Zanati", and a tractor repair shop in her village, and notes that she gained some experience in repairing tractors during her 30-year business journey since the beginning Its business is to sell spare parts and repair agricultural tractors.
Amal, who is not married, starts her day early, between seven and eight in the morning, with housework and preparing breakfast for her family who is with her in the house adjacent to her workplace in the shop and workshop, then spends the whole day between the store and the workshop until eight in the evening.
Earn respect
Despite the competition Amal faces in her field of work, according to her statements to Al-Jazeera Net, she was able to gain the respect of customers by providing distinguished service, noting that customers at the beginning were surprised by her presence in the shop or workshop, and some of them might mock her, but over time they got used to dealing with her.
Like other short stature, Amal suffers from government neglect, even though she previously applied for an apartment and a car equipped for people with special needs, but she did not get it, and she still hopes to obtain it, in order to help her perform her business and expand her project.
At the conclusion of her statements - to Al-Jazeera Net - Amal sent a message to her brothers of short stature, advising them not to succumb to circumstances and to rely on themselves to work and strive for a decent life, saying, "I like to send a message to my brothers of short stature Mikkadosh (do not sit) at home, no. They go out, work, do not depend on anyone or expect anything from anyone. "