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The mercy tables
Al Ahram Weekly Published in Al-Ahram Weekly on 24 - 05 - 2018


ONE of the most admirable Ramadan traditions, “the mercy tables” to which everyone is invited for a communal Iftar, lives on. Inspired as much by charity as by community, Mawaaid Al-Rahman are held everywhere in Egypt, offering wholesome and often lavish meals for free — everyone is invited.

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