Items related to Ramadan

Armored police vehicles carrying ex president Hosni Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, ex Interior Minister Habib al-Adly, and six aides from Tora Prison to Police Academy where all will join Mubarak on a court session on charges of killing protesters and wasting public funds, August 3, 2011. Egyptian state TV has exclusive rights to broadcast Mubarak's momentous trial.
Private security demand rose 50% during Ramadan
Arabic Edition 02 Sep 2011
The demand for private security guards increased by 50 percent during Ramadan, due to increased instances of people...
Girl celebrates Eid in new cloths
A day of Eid and freedom, despite economic hardships
Camille Lepage 01 Sep 2011
Kids have taken over the streets of Cairo, proudly exhibiting their brand new shiny and colorful clothes. Fireworks...
بائعة كنافة تقوم بتحضيرها على الطريقة المصرية القديمة ، و التي تعتبر ملمح رمضاني اشتهر به الشارع المصري , 28 سبتمبر 2006
A recipe for Eid: Classic homemade kunafa
Heba Helmy 30 Aug 2011
  Kunafa is one of Ramadan's delicious traditions. It is said that kunafa originally came from Egypt hundreds...
Still from the 2007 biographical drama "King Farouk"
Biopics in the Arab world: History entangled with subjectivity
Fayrouz Karawya 29 Aug 2011
Two films about Egypt’s second president - “Nasser 56” (a 1996 Egyptian production) and “Gamal...
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube shows two Syrian anti-government demonstrators lying on the ground after being shot by security forces, Aleppo, August 12, 2011 as thousands of anti-regime protesters rallied in flashpoint cities after the Ramadan weekly prayers.
Al-Azhar voices anger at Syrian security assault on Damascus mosque
MENA 29 Aug 2011
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb has expressed anger about Saturday's assault on Al-Rifai mosque in Damascus...
A Nordic Ramadan
Mette Eriksen 28 Aug 2011
In Scandinavia - a region that includes Norway, Sweden and Denmark - Muslims are a minority and there are no official...
In this photograph taken on August 10, 2010 an official from the State Islamic University (STAIN), uses a telescope to observe the moon after sunset from the coast of Madura in East Java province of Indonesia on the eve of Ramadan. The exact dates of the start and the end of Islam's holy month Ramadan depend on the sighting of the new moon. Muslims observe the ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar by abstaining from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset during Ramadan. The fast is one of the five pillars of Islam. Indonesia has the world's largest population of Muslims.
The trials of Ramadan away from home
Rasha Dewedar 25 Aug 2011
Because the holy month of Ramadan is accompanied by a number of traditions and activities that Muslims have become...
Daily Ramadan Recipe #22 - Easy guacamole
Nevine El Shabrawy 24 Aug 2011
  With just a few simple ingredients, a simple bag of chips or a container of yoghurt can become a fabulously...
Talaat Zakaria on Tony Khalifa's show
Ramadan’s talk shows display their forgiving side
Mohamed Elmeshad 23 Aug 2011
Along with fasting during the day, the other main feature of Ramadan is the peak television and talk show season in...
A first-day iftar meal, Algeria, August 11, 2010. Typically, Muslims all over world welcome first day in Ramadan preparing a hearty meal full of all sorts of food, spicy and non-spicy. Usually, families exchange invitations on first day, partly in obedience to a religious urge to visit relatives and neighbors and partly as a long-standing tradition. For all warm and cozy feel of a first-day Ramadan iftar, nutritionists and religious leaders have been warning against having too much food invoking spirituality, on one side and, on another, health concerns. amekinfo / Flickr.
Ramadan can be a challenge for vegetarians
Christopher Reeve 22 Aug 2011
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are expected to fast during daylight hours, all the while continuing with...