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Basra

Limited options. Products on display at a shop in al-Ashar market in central Basra, May 9. (Maher al-Hashimi)

Iraqis complain Basra market filled with Iranian produce

Azhar Al-Rubaie

Ramadan

Reviving tradition. Traditional storyteller Abdel Wahed Ismail (2nd L) entertains an audience in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, May 17. (AFP)

Determination to overcome ISIS legacy marks Ramadan in Mosul, scars remain

Turkey

People at the “Dinner on the Ground” in Istanbul’s Uskudar district. (Thomas Seibert)

Turkey’s Ramadan ‘Dinners on the Ground’ ruffle government feathers

tunisia

A Jewish pilgrim lights a candle on the second day of the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, May 22. (AFP)

Jews flock to Tunisia’s Djerba in another illustration of religious tolerance

Iraq

Iraqi actors read their scripts to prepare for a scene of Òthe hotelÓ TV series, which is being filmed and broadcast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq May 10, 2019. (Reuters)

Iraq's racy TV in Ramadan revives an industry and draws censure

Tunisian

Serious challenges. A Tunisian woman picks tomatoes in a field in Menzel Mhiri in Kairouan. (AFP)

Ahmini, an application to protect Tunisian women farm workers

Coptic Christians

Rising wave of conservatism. An Egyptian woman prays at the Archangels Greek Orthodox Church in Cairo. (AFP)

Coptic priest sparks controversy in Egypt by calling on Christian women to cover up

Qatayef

Special treat. A worker collecting hot Qatayef from a machine. (Roufan Nahhas)

Qatayef, an unbeatable Ramadan sweet

Ramadan

A month of giving. A volunteer carries food to charity tables in Cairo. (Reuters)

Ramadan charity helps change lives in Egypt

Hassan Abdel Zaher