• News
  • Sport
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Education
  • TV Licences
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION
Home Lifestyle

Cairo’s Ramadan street feasts return after coronavirus suspension

20 April 2022, 10:23 AM  |
Reuters Reuters |  @SABCNews
Nour El-Sabah, 35, sells traditional food during the holy month of Ramadan in Giza, Egypt

Nour El-Sabah, 35, sells traditional food during the holy month of Ramadan in Giza, Egypt

Image: Reuters

Nour El-Sabah, 35, sells traditional food during the holy month of Ramadan in Giza, Egypt

Communal meals in which hundreds of people sit around long tables to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan have returned to Egypt’s streets after being widely suspended for the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions.

In the working-class Cairo neighbourhood of Matariya, residents sat back-to-back along two tables running down a narrow street festooned with balloons, bunting and banners as they enjoyed a meal of barbecued meat, rice and pickles.

Evening street meals are organised by charities for the poor, while others, like the one in Matariya, are run by local communities which pool food donations.

“The Ramadan spirit is back,” said Haitham Adel, an organiser of the Matariya meal.

“People are back to eating together without being worried.”

Ahmed al-Bardisi, the organiser of a daily charity meal in Giza, across the Nile from central Cairo, said job losses during the coronavirus pandemic had limited food donations.

Though many Egyptians are struggling with accelerating inflation, he said such donations had recovered this year.

Egypt has been hit by successive waves of COVID-19 infections and imposed a nighttime curfew that coincided with Ramadan in 2020. Most restrictions have now been lifted.

Share article
Previous Post

VIDEO: Eskom briefs media on current system challenges

Next Post

Man United ‘six years behind’ Liverpool, says Rangnick

Related Posts

LIVE | 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day celebrates its 9th anniversary

27 January 2023, 6:40 PM
Hands sign language circle 'I love you'.

Sign language closer to becoming SA’s 12th official language

27 January 2023, 6:04 PM
Nigerian artist Olufela Omokeko sets up an exhibition of fresh pepper motive at a gallery in Iwaya, Lagos, Nigeria January 30, 2021.

Nigerian artist’s exhibition showcases food preservation methods

27 January 2023, 10:44 AM
Director Steven Spielberg and cast member Michelle Williams attend a premiere for the film "The Fabelmans" during the AFI Fest in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 6, 2022. REUTERS

Oscar contenders court box-office bounce as drama audiences dwindle

26 January 2023, 1:44 PM
[File image] Michelle Williams, best actress nominee for her role in "Blue Valentine", arrives at the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 27, 2011.

Michelle Williams on playing Steven Spielberg’s mother

25 January 2023, 5:45 PM
American rapper Kanye West poses before French fashion house Christian Dior Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week March 6, 2015.

Australian minister says Kanye West could be denied entry

25 January 2023, 12:28 PM
Next Post
Liverpool v Manchester United - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - April 19, 2022 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah in action with Manchester United's David de Gea

Man United 'six years behind' Liverpool, says Rangnick

Most Viewed

  • 24hrs
  • Week
  • Month
  • Parts of the Northern Cape to be exempted from rolling blackouts
  • Remedial programme reinstated to fight Hyacinth plants at Hartbeespoort Dam
  • Northern Cape’s Kakamas to be exempted from blackouts
  • Zuma joins AmaZulu King in commemorating the Battle of Isandlwana
  • Scorcher predicted in Northern Cape for two weeks
  • Parts of the Northern Cape to be exempted from rolling blackouts
  • VIDEO | St Benedict College’s Matric learner gets 11 distinctions
  • Limpopo matriculant from child-headed household attains diploma pass
  • Female circumcision practice thriving in Eastern Cape
  • Babes Wodumo breaks her silence at Mampintsha’s funeral
  • Diepsloot residents block N14 highway
  • LIVE: City of Joburg Council elects new mayor
  • Al Jamah’s Thapelo Amad touted to be Joburg’s new mayor
  • UPDATE: Thapelo Amad elected as new Mayor of Joburg
  • Public Protector’s office finalising preliminary Phala Phala report

LATEST

  • Politics

UPDATE | EFF plenum focuses on positioning the party ahead of 2024 elections: Malema


A sign against child abuse.
  • South Africa

IPID investigates case of mother-child rape video


The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
  • Sci-tech

Russia blocks CIA, FBI websites for ‘spreading false information’: TASS


[File Image] : Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane celebrates scoring
  • Sport

Bayern’s Gnabry on the bench against Frankfurt after turbulent week


  • Lifestyle

LIVE | 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day celebrates its 9th anniversary


Hands sign language circle 'I love you'.
  • Lifestyle

Sign language closer to becoming SA’s 12th official language


Weather

  • About the SABC
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
  • Advertise
  • Disclaimer
  • Site Map

SABC © 2022

No Result
View All Result
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • POLITICS
  • BUSINESS
  • SPORT
  • AFRICA
  • WORLD
  • SCI-TECH
  • LIFESTYLE
  • FEATURES
  • OPINION

© 2022

Previous VIDEO: Eskom briefs media on current system challenges
Next Man United ‘six years behind’ Liverpool, says Rangnick