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PHOTO GALLERY: Fast, eat and pray in the holy month of Ramadan



People break the fast after sunset prayers in El-Hussein neighborhood (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
A man starts drinking juice after hearing sunset call for prayers (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
People starts eating after sunset prayers in front of Al-Hussein Mosque (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
Performing the Taraweeh prayers "special nightly prayers during Ramadan" iin Hussein mosque
Two women break the fast at a communal event (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
A child with his parents eating their meal after fasting (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
tea nad hookah in cafes with lanterns and accessories of Ramadan after breaking the fast
Breaking the fast in old Cairo (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
A woman starts eating after sunset prayers (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
Performing the Taraweeh prayers "special nightly prayers during Ramadan in Al-Azhar mosque
Two children waiting for sunset prayers to start eat (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
Two men start eating after sunset prayers (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
People at Al-Azhar mosque performing the Taraweeh prayers "special nightly prayer during Ramadan" (P
People start eating after sunset prayers in El-Hussein neighborhood (Photo: Mai Shaheen)
People start eating outside El-Hussein neighborhood (Photo: Mai Shaheen)

Muslims start the fast from sunrise to sunset for the entire holy month. After breaking the fast, the evenings are spent enjoying family and community meals, engaging in prayers and spiritual reflection, and reading from the Quran.

All photos by Mai Shaheen

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