Ramadan an Middle East Culture

1. THE CULTURE PROGRAM

2. Middle East Events
RAMADAN
Customs & Traditions
MUSIC
MUSIC INSTRUMENT
 QANOON
 OUD
 NAY (flute)
 MARRIAGE
 CLOTHES
 MOROCCO
 EGYPT
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FOOD
 MOLUKHYA
 KUNAFA
 MAHSHI
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3. What is Ramadan?
1. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic
lunar calendar.
2. Every day during this month, Muslims around
the world spend the daylight hours in a
complete fast. .
3. As a time to purify the soul, refocus attention
on God, and practice self-sacrifice, self-control.

4.  The Arabic word for "fasting" (sawm) literally
means "to refrain" - and it means not only
refraining from food and drink, but from evil
actions, thoughts, and words.

5.  The first day of Ramadan people greet each other
by saying “Ramadan Mubarak”.
Children in Ramadan
They are very happy and starting decorating houses,
streets, and schools. They are singing Ramadan
songs.

18. Kunafa Qatayf
Tamr (date)

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Khushaff

20.  People in middle east are interested in all
branches of arts : music, painting,
architecture, literature, theatre, cinema.

21. QANOON
•The Qanoon instrument is a descendent of the old Egyptian harp.
•It has played an important part in Arabic music since the 10th
century.
 The form of the Qanoon consists of a trapezoid-shaped flat board.
 It has about 81 strings are stretched in groups of three with 24
treble chords consisting of three chords to each note

23.  A 12th century manuscript depicting
musicians with various instruments such as
Oud.
 The oud was most likely introduced to
Western Europe by the Arabs who
established the Umayyad Caliphate of Al-
Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula in 711

25. The ney is an ancient instrument, with depictions
of ney players appearing in wall paintings in
the Egyptian pyramids and actual neys being
found in the excavations at Ur. This indicates
that the ney has been played continuously for
4,500–5,000 years, making it one of the oldest
musical instruments still in use.

31. The End
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