His disability has brought out the best in him. Driving him to invent solutions for his daily needs. And despite the paralysis in his hands, the Egyptian Ragab Mohamed surprisingly works as a horologist, a watches fixer. Here is Adel EL Mahrouky with more.

Ragab Mohamed was born with paralyzed hands. Most of his early childhood was spent in hospitals, as doctors tried to cure his disability.

RAGAB MOHAMED HOROLOGIST "Because of the numerous surgeries I had, I spent a lot of time alone in the hospital. I had no choice but to find a way to get dressed or eat."

Living with a poor family in an Egyptian rural village Ragab didn't have access to a school for people with disabilities. Resisting the limitations imposed on him by society, he insisted to learn Quran, reading and writing with a local priest. Then he discovered a unique talent.

RAGAB MOHAMED, HOROLOGIST "I didn't have many toys. So when one broke. I started trying to fix it. Soon my friends were bringing me their toys to fix it. Once my dad bought me a watch. I loved it. When it broke down, I learned it needed a battery. I bought a battery then went back home to install it. Then the word spread in my village that I can fix watches and toys."

But learning to fix watches by instinct wasn't enough. Whenever he had a difficult case, Ragab travelled to a horologist in Cairo to fix them.

RAGAB MOHAMED, HOROLOGIST "I would ask him how do you fix this or that. He looks at me and never thought I am a competitor. So he taught me all his career tricks and secrets. When I started visiting him less, he called me. I told him I started fixing myself. He wasn't convinced. I got a watch and deconstructed it in front of him. He was amazed. He told me, I've been working for 50 years, I've never seen anyone like you. He tested me, then offered me a job."

For years he'd daily commute to Cairo for his first official job as a professional horologist. When he went back to the village he would continue fixing watches in his own shop there.

RAGAB MOHAMED, HOROLOGIST "Throughout this time, I had trouble with transportation. Unfortunately public transportation is not easy for a person like me. So I started talking to some mechanics to design a special motorcycle for me. No one helped. I decided to create my own. With my friends, we created a wooden model. And it worked. Then I thought to apply the same concept to a car. I assembled my own car, because I didn't have to enough money to buy an imported new one."

In his spare time, Ragab uses his car as a taxi, for some extra income.

RAGAB MOHAMED, HOROLOGIST "When people enter my car, they don't see a steering wheel. So they'd ask me how will the car move. Sometimes, I'd joke and say you'll drive. When the car moves I'd see them worried a bit. Then I explain so they'd feel at ease. Engineers saw my work and were amazed."

Instead of turning him into a beggar, Ragab's needs brought out the scientist within. His unique life journey taught him wonderful lessons.

RAGAB MOHAMED, HOROLOGIST "Once you're persistence and exert some effort. Anything becomes easy. I was driven by the desire to standout in my society. And despite all odds and the bureaucracy here in Egypt, nothing stood against me. I always thank God for that."

Inspirational words from someone who've excelled to use his feet in fixing what many people can't with their healthy hands. Adel EL Mahrouky CGTN, CAIRO