The meal ends with fresh fruit or a caramel pudding. Following the meal, tea and qishr are served in the mafradsh, where people settle themselves comfortably among the cushions along the walls and prepare themselves for an afternoon of prayer, qat and pleasant conversation. The call to the afternoon prayer, and asr, goes out when the sun stands at an angle of 45 degrees to the surface of the earth. Where they will meet in the afternoon has already been discussion, in the morning. This is the hour of discussion, of the narghile and the chewing of qat.
Women have their own gatherings, known as tafrita, and both sexes always meet in different houses.
Before the women enter the room they remove the black sharshaf, and their colourful and sometimes elaborately embroidered dresses can be seen once more. On formal occasions, such as the birth of a child or a wedding, the women enjoy wearing gold and sweets are handed round, accompanied by cups of hot tea or qishr. Some smoke the narghile and others chew the bundles of qat they have brought with them. Lively conversation is conducted in a very sisterly atmosphere which knows no taboos. Intimate details of family life are also discussed freely.