• Pakistani Muslims raise their hands in prayer after viewing the new Crescent moon (C) above the Margala Hills to mark the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad. Aamir Oureshi / AFP
    Pakistani Muslims raise their hands in prayer after viewing the new Crescent moon (C) above the Margala Hills to mark the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad. Aamir Oureshi / AFP
  • A Palestinian girl reads the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
    A Palestinian girl reads the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
  • Muslims gather around the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
    Muslims gather around the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters
  • Egyptians play with fire works as they celebrate Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
    Egyptians play with fire works as they celebrate Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt. Amr Nabil / AP Photo
  • A picture taken with a slow shutter speed shows a view of a large traditional Ramadan lantern, called 'Fanous,' installed at a roundabout in Al Shalihat Square as the traffic flows during the third day of Ramadan, in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    A picture taken with a slow shutter speed shows a view of a large traditional Ramadan lantern, called 'Fanous,' installed at a roundabout in Al Shalihat Square as the traffic flows during the third day of Ramadan, in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • A Musaharati (dawn awakener) strikes his drum to wake observant Muslims for their overnight 'sahur', before the day's fast during Ramadan in Sidon's Old City in south Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
    A Musaharati (dawn awakener) strikes his drum to wake observant Muslims for their overnight 'sahur', before the day's fast during Ramadan in Sidon's Old City in south Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
  • A Yemeni Muslim worshipper reads the Koran, Islam's holy book, at the Great Mosque in the old city of the capital Sanaa, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Mohammed Huwais / AFP
    A Yemeni Muslim worshipper reads the Koran, Islam's holy book, at the Great Mosque in the old city of the capital Sanaa, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Mohammed Huwais / AFP
  • Palestinians hang umbrellas in a street ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus. Abed Omar Qusini / Reuters
    Palestinians hang umbrellas in a street ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus. Abed Omar Qusini / Reuters
  • An Afghan man distributes food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Ghazni province. Zakeria Hashimi / AFP
    An Afghan man distributes food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Ghazni province. Zakeria Hashimi / AFP
  • Syrians walk through Damascus' al-Hamidiyah souk on the second day of the Muslim month of Ramadan. Louai Beshara / AFP
    Syrians walk through Damascus' al-Hamidiyah souk on the second day of the Muslim month of Ramadan. Louai Beshara / AFP
  • Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray in front of the the Dome of the Rock, at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during 'tarawih' prayer, marking the first evening of Ramadan. Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP
    Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray in front of the the Dome of the Rock, at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during 'tarawih' prayer, marking the first evening of Ramadan. Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP
  • Turkish soldiers fire a military cannon to mark fasting break time at the Blue mosque square in Istanbul. Ozan Kose / AFP
    Turkish soldiers fire a military cannon to mark fasting break time at the Blue mosque square in Istanbul. Ozan Kose / AFP

Region in Focus: The start of Ramadan, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

June 08, 2016

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