Your Egypt

[Adoula]

Cairo fruit-sellers have a tradition of giving nicknames to their selections of dates before Ramadan and this year the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia topped the unofficial popularity ratings, with the 'Nasrallah' the most expensive in town.

The charismatic Shiite cleric, who earned great support from Arabs during his guerrilla movement's month-long war with Israel, surpassed the presidents of Iran and Venezuela - Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez - two other prominent Israeli foes.

"There's no doubt, it is 'Nasrallah the victorious' who gets first place," said Abdou Kashush, who has 60 kilograms (130 pounds) of different types of dates laid out in little piles on his stall in the popular Cairo market of Rod Al Farag.

Emulating the Prophet Mohammed, Muslims traditionally eat a date and drink milk to break the dawn-to-dusk fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, whose beginning is set according to the sighting of the moon.

[SeaBird]

Adoula

during Ramadan, in Alexandrea
When I drive right before the Adan of Magreb (Call for Sunset Prayer) then get caught at a traffic signal with the Adan going on, I find young men distributing 2 or 3 dates for each one in a car.
They rely on a big Reward from Allah; as Allah - I think but not quite sure - promised whoever offered a Breakfast to the fasting man/woman to be waived from Hesab (Day of Judgement). So, the 2 or 3 Dates are in this case considered as a Breakfast!!

Yesterday I was delighted on visiting someone
in the Enterance of the building he lives in,
in the announcement board
i found a colored Poster Picture of that Great Brave Warrior/Fighter
Shiekh Hassan Nasser Allah
I do have a Picture of him, same source: the opposition newspaper El Distor