Not only does the university move classes earlier for the Ramadan schedule,
but everything becomes very quiet the hour before sundown as everyone has
headed home for the breaking of the fast. The metro is, dare I say it,
almost pleasant to ride at that time.
Ramadan lanterns and decorations are everywhere. The lanterns are actually
a uniquely Egyptian custom, and one legend has it that lanterns were used
to greet El Mu'izz li-Din Allah entering Cairo's gate on the fifth of
Ramadan over a thousand years ago.
