Olmakhon Ghozieva makes traditional tandoor clay ovens in Uzbekistan's Fergana region. She learned the craft from her father-in-law, despite tandoor-making being seen traditionally as men's work ...

GAZA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Salah Qudaih, a 40-year-old man from the southern Gaza Strip, was skillfully mixing straw, clay, sand, and water to create a traditional clay oven. The father of five, who is ...

Throughout Central Asia, tandyr -- clay ovens -- are used to make traditional tandoor bread or "nan." It's a special process in which the dough is stuck to the side of the tandyr and is baked by the ...

In the rural area of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip, where people have found refuge from the border areas, displaced women use mud ovens to bake bread amid electricity and gas shortages. The ...