NPR: LA Times: 'Lean' Holiday in Palestine

LA Times: 'Lean' Holiday in Palestine

Filed under:

Muslims are reaching the end of Ramadan, an Islamic holy month marked by prayer and by fasting during daytime hours. Ramadan ends with the joyous celebration of Eid al Fitar, when families feast and parents give presents to their kids.

That's the tradition, anyway, but in Palestine, reports the LA Times' blog Babylon & Beyond, border closures have made for empty stores and empty pockets:

For the first time in memory, many Gaza shoppers are unable to find favored chocolates. Parents go store to store in search of children???s shoes and clothing, but what is left in the depleted stocks is months old and unfit for the fall season.
The withered economy has left few people with money to shop with, anyway.

Laura Conaway

1:15 PM ET | 10-12-2007 | permalink

Send a Comment

Comments are reviewed and edited by NPR prior to display. All comments will be read, but not all will be posted.

NPR reserves the right to read on the air and/or publish on its Web site or in any medium now known or unknown the e-mails and letters that we receive. We may edit them for clarity or brevity and identify authors by name and location. For additional information, please consult our Terms of Use.

E-mail this Page

Recipient's e-mail address:	» Up to twelve addresses, separated by commas.
Your e-mail address:
Your name:
Personal message (optional, 600 characters max):
Your NPR member station:
Are you a member of your local NPR station?	Yes No
Would you like to receive information from your local NPR member station? (see NPR's privacy policy)	Yes No
Please send me updates from NPR.	Yes No

(Information collected by NPR will be used solely for internal NPR or NPR member station purposes and only if you selected 'yes' above. See NPR's privacy policy for more information.)

Host

Alison Stewart

Welcome to 'The Bryant Park Project'

This new radio show from NPR comes to you weekdays, straight out of New York City. You can find audio and video from us here and in our podcasts. Bryant Park is not a talk show, but it is a conversation. Intrigued? Read our frequently asked questions and discussion rules.