Cairo is a bustling, noisy city of 20 million people. But for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the streets welcome another kind of sound - drums and horn. NPR's Aya Batrawy met a group performing a ...

CAIRO — You wouldn’t think that someone who goes around banging a drum in the streets before dawn and waking up the whole neighborhood would be so beloved. But many children and families love the ...

Inspired by her brother, Dalal Abdel Kader became a mesaharati, a Ramadan tradition she is keeping alive in a male-dominated practice Dalal Abdel Kader first began working as a mesaharati in 2011, ...

The streets of Cairo are busy, vibrant and noisy, but Ramadan brings another kind of flow: Religious beats from a small band. Cairo is a bustling, noisy city of 20 million people. But for the Muslim ...

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