You need a miracle to find a vacant table in the fashionable places around the city. Ramadan s atmosphere and special ambiance leave also their mark on the streets of the major cities. The day start s a bit late, shops are quite and calm, and pedestrian are few. Next comes night life. At around 7 PM, shops reopen their shutters and the city lights start glimmering anew.
People start flooding the streets and cars crowd the roads.
If you pass by a confectioner shop, especially if it makes delicious knafeh, you probably will have to step down the pavement outside the shop because of the buyers crowding its entrance. The city starts to calm down gradually after midnight. Once the traditional Musaher starts going around the streets beating his drum and announcing it is time to abstain from eating and drinking, lights start to switch off, and the city sleeps, till the morning of another Ramadan day.