• Muslims pray at al-Azhar mosque hours before breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Cairo. Asmaa Waguih / Reuters
    Muslims pray at al-Azhar mosque hours before breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Cairo. Asmaa Waguih / Reuters
  • Displaced Iraqi women hold their pots and plates, as they wait in line to receive food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at an encampment for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, northern Iraq. Hussein Malla / AP Photo
    Displaced Iraqi women hold their pots and plates, as they wait in line to receive food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at an encampment for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, northern Iraq. Hussein Malla / AP Photo
  • A vendor sells Naem during the holy month of Ramadan in Al-Medan district in Damascus. Naem, a Syrian speciality made during Ramadan, is made of fried bread with grape syrup drizzled on it. Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
    A vendor sells Naem during the holy month of Ramadan in Al-Medan district in Damascus. Naem, a Syrian speciality made during Ramadan, is made of fried bread with grape syrup drizzled on it. Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the start of Ramadan in Gaza City. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo
    A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the start of Ramadan in Gaza City. Hatem Moussa / AP Photo
  • Turkish people break their fasting at Uskudar during the holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
    Turkish people break their fasting at Uskudar during the holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
  • A Syrian refugee boy reads the Quran during Ramadan at the mosque in the Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, east of Zarqa, July 1, 2014. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
    A Syrian refugee boy reads the Quran during Ramadan at the mosque in the Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, east of Zarqa, July 1, 2014. Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
  • Iranian women perform their evening prayers, at the shrine of Shiite Saint Saleh during Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in northern Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    Iranian women perform their evening prayers, at the shrine of Shiite Saint Saleh during Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in northern Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • A Yemeni girl receives a food package being delivered by volunteers to her family during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan at a slum in Sanaa, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA
    A Yemeni girl receives a food package being delivered by volunteers to her family during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan at a slum in Sanaa, Yemen. Yahya Arhab / EPA

Region in focus - Ramadan


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