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Syrians living in a refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan prepare for Ramadan amid shortages, as conflict back home enters its fifth year. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Images of the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem as Muslim worshippers start to arrive for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. IMAGES
In Dakar's Massalikoul Djinane Mosque, Muslims prepare to offer Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. The timing of Eid al-Fitr is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon, in accordance with the Muslim lunar calendar. IMAGES
Akkar (Lebanon), Apr 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) The clock strikes 7:14 but nothing denotes that it is time to break the fast of the holy month of Ramadan in this settlement of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. With loved ones missing amid a severe economic crisis makes this special time even tougher for some.FOOTAGE OF THE SYRIAN REFUGEE SETTLEMENT NUMBER 22 IN AKKAR, LEBANON.SOUNDBITES OF ABU YASER, RESIDENT IN THE CAMP: - "Today we have nothing that makes us feel that it is Ramadan, we have nothing, we left our houses and our country. We have nothing, we have nothing left, what is Ramadan going to mean to us now?"
Hebron (West Bank), Apr 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Abd AlHashlamoun) Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan during which they abstain from eating, drinking, and performing sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset.FOOTAGE OF PALESTINIAN WORKERS PREPARE MEAL IN HEBRON FOR THE "IFTAR" (FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY, WITH SUNSET) AT THE 'TAKIET IBRAHIM' TABLE OF MERCY, DIRECTED BY THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION 'WAQF'.
Banda Aceh, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Workers in Indonesia's Aceh are preparing traditional food for Ramadan. Grass jelly is known as 'cincau' in Indonesian and is made by boiling the stalks and leaves of Mesona chinensis, usually consumed with sugar water, syrup, coconut milk, and ice. Cincau is a prefered desert for breaking fast during Ramadan in Indonesia. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. (Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK). SHOT LIST: WORKERS MAKE GRASS JELLY IN BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA.