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Ramadan Vol.1 Issue 62 December 2023 ELITE

Kareem

Threads of light that unite us: Egyptians

fast together

Ms. Jasmine Hanna - Salma El Bukhari - Lydia Amir - Mostafa Maher - Zeyad Mahmoud

On the occasion of the holy month of preceding the Maghrib call to prayer, with
Ramadan and its coincidence with the families preparing Iftar and preparing tables with
beginning of the Great Lent for Christians, a the sound of the Holy Qur’an broadcasting from
number of editors of Elite Magazine the radio. Everyone returned to childhood
gathered for a rich dialogue in which they memories and waiting for the breakfast cannon
shared their thoughts and memories of the and children’s series and programmes.
Ramadan season, and the family traditions
and societal customs dear to their hearts in In fact, the group found many common customs
this holy month. They also shared their and memories among Egyptian homes during the
thoughts and customs during the season of period of Ramadan and fasting, such as <Riffa=
Lent on the other hand, and the similarities which is the act of removing fat breaking food

and differences they found in these powerful before the Great Lent, and the custom of many
feelings and beautiful memories. homes to eat fish on the last day of Ramadan
and herring on the first day of Eid, and staying
The group began to share the dearest up late on the night of both feasts. Until dawn
memories associated with these two seasons: with the family, the young and the old share
the first memory was buying nuts and laughter in unparalleled family warmth. These
ingredients and preparing <Khushaf= -a customs and memories have become linked to
popular drink that contains nuts and dried Ramadan in families and communities, and
fruits- in a beautiful family atmosphere, certain foods, colorful decorations, and
where each had a different task and traditional folk songs are what remind everyone
assembled it at the end. This was followed by of the <Ramadan atmosphere=.
memories of <Qatayef= and traditional
Ramadan foods and drinks, the value of
which they felt, especially during the period
of Ramadan 2020, when communities were
separated from each other due to the
pandemic, and at the same time families
gathered regardless of their circumstances, to
26 share the traditional foods that are usually

eaten in Ramadan. One of the students
remembered the sight of his native city, Al
Mansoura, in the time immediately