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Gazan father makes lanterns from food cans for children to celebrate Eid despite the war
Gaza Amid the grim reality of life in war-devastated Gaza, Yahya Kishko – known among his circle as Abu Anas – has set out to ...
Ahram Online4d
Ramadan icons: The fanous
The fanous (lantern) made its way in Ramadan during the Fatimid reign when the Cairo people came out on 5 Ramadan 358 hijra ...
Free Malaysia Today on MSN6h
Safian’s ‘lampu bintang Aidilfitri’ keep shining bright
Kuala Kangsar resident Mohd Safian Mohd Salleh, 72, sheds light on the tradition of handcrafting these festive star-shaped ...
AP PHOTOS: With the bang of his drum, he wakes up the whole neighborhood in a Ramadan tradition
You wouldn’t think that someone who goes around banging a drum in the streets before dawn and waking up the whole ...
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Ramadan: The ninth month of the Islamic calendar
The tradition of the fanoos is believed to have originated in Egypt during the Fatimid Caliphate, when residents of Cairo ...