Spending Ramadan in Egypt is really a joyful adventure rewarding a trial .If you can imagine that despite thousands of people all over the world are living under the standard line of poverty, in one month that is Ramadan, no one is left starved. It is a holy month when all the poor Muslims become happy and satisfied. You will have special feeling of delightfulness on intending to spend it in Egypt that welcomes it by gorgeous celebrations, religious festivals and genuine traditions. In Ramadan tents are everywhere. They are erected by rich people and different big companies everywhere in Egypt to invite the poor to enjoy what they are anxious to eat. Ramadan is regarded as a divine sale for rewards and the wisdom of fasting of Muslims is to be near to the poor by sharing them few days of deprivation of food from dawn to sunset. Every kid must have Fanoos (lantern) and a lot of shops display different types of lanterns intriguing everyone. Many shops and restaurants are keeping colored glass lanterns in front of their places to lighten them at night. Decorations are everywhere in Egypt. Shops of herbs and supermarkets sell nuts and dried fruits (like apricot, grapes, figs, and dates) and they are specially produced for this occasion. All the Muslim families gather around the table on time of breakfasting preceded by firing of Ramadan's cannon which is placed in the citadel over the "el-Moqattam" mountain. The traffic inside the country is dormant during the time of breakfasting. After a while people resumes their activities. Mosques are full of prayers that are soliciting Allah to erase their sins. The Egyptian TV has its own celebrations by showing different attractive serials and programs. Moreover, you can feel Ramadan more in the public and religious places where people feel blessed beside these areas like Hussein square beside" El Hussein mosque" where the spiritual rituals elevates in addition to the importance of this area as a vital place having discerned activity for a category of the Egyptian community. Several shops are selling everything. Each tourist visiting Egypt is keen to visit this place to buy some special souvenirs from a site there called khan El khalili where they find different types of papyri , ornamental Arabian costumes , original types of herbs and perfumes , silvery and golden jewelry and new fashioned bracelets .
El Misaharaty is a man carrying a drum in his hand and roaming in the streets before dawn to awake people for having a snake before the time of fasting. Volunteers in every region are happy to keep this habit and they accept donations from people. The closest ten days to the end of the month people intensify their effort on benevolence and dedication of long times for worship because of the fact that in one night of the last ten days a magnificent event has happened that is the descent of the holy Korean by the angel Gabriel on the prophet Mohammad.
Reference: Ramdan is joyful in Egypt , by Jihan
