#Musaharati
Musaharati Dressed as Clowns Wake Up Citizens in Gaza Strip for Meal Before Ramadan Fast: unicornriot.ninja/2022/musahar...

[Published April 25, 2022 - video and reporting by Mohamed El Saife]
Musaharati Dressed as Clowns Wake Up Citizens in Gaza Strip for Meal Before Ramadan Fast - UNICORN RIOT
Palestinian musaharati, traditional Ramadan drummers, dress as clowns and storytellers to bring joy to children in the besieged Gaza Strip.
unicornriot.ninja
February 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“My message to you... is that we will rejoice despite the wounds, despite the pain in the Gaza Strip, and despite the pain that exists for every Palestinian child, but we say to them, We will rejoice and rejoice, despite the wounds.”

- Alaa Miqdad, Musaharati

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Musaharati Dressed as Clowns Wake Up Citizens in Gaza Strip for Meal Before Ramadan Fast
During Ramadan 2022, Palestinian Alaa Miqdad and his friends have taken on the traditional role of a “musaharati” or “Ramadan drummer.” The…
vimeo.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Vidéo à l'aube du premier jour du #Ramadan2025 Samedi 1 Mars 2025 Les batteurs traditionnels du #Ramadan , connus sous le nom de #Musaharati , marchent dans les rues de #Gaza pour réveiller les #musulmans et #musulmanes avant le #Sahur (le repas de l'aube) durant le mois sacré .
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Abedrabu Abu Alyan | The Musaharati drum before dawn: Ramadan in a Gaza shelter (Viewpoint)
Abedrabu Abu Alyan | The Musaharati drum before dawn: Ramadan in a Gaza shelter (Viewpoint)
"From dawn to sunset, we don’t just give up food or drink. We try to give up impatience, anger, and selfishness. Hunger is meant to make us feel for others. Community is meant to feel essential."
www.masslive.com
March 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Feed: "The Seattle Times The Seattle Times"
By: HASSAN AMMAR, MANISH SWARUP and AMR NABIL on Thursday, March 27, 2025
AP PHOTOS: With the bang of his drum, he wakes up the whole neighborhood in a Ramadan tradition
CAIRO (AP) — You wouldn’t think that someone who goes around banging a drum in the streets before dawn and waking up the whole neighborhood would be so beloved. But many children and families love the “musaharati,” or “dawn caller,”...
www.seattletimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ramadan in Iraq’s Mosul: Living traditions between past and present https://aje.news/vbbsxk
February 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
@AFP: VIDEO: Iraqi Ghofran Mahmoud, a "Musaharati" who plays the traditional role of "Ramadan drummer", awakens Muslims for the pre-dawn traditional "suhur" meal before the start of the following day's fast, during the holy month of Ramadan in Mosul's Old City in Iraq. https://t.co/TF9bEaCqMv
April 8, 2024 at 8:21 AM
@AFP: VIDEO: Iraqi Ghofran Mahmoud, a "Musaharati" who plays the traditional role of "Ramadan drummer", awakens Muslims for the pre-dawn traditional "suhur" meal before the start of the following day's fast, during the holy month of Ramadan in Mosul's Old City in Iraq. https://t.co/mad4einnrP
April 7, 2024 at 9:41 AM
The National picks the most striking images from around the world
Best photos of March 16: An Egyptian ‘musaharati’ to Blood Moon in Dubai | The National
www.thenationalnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Ramadan in Iraq’s Mosul: Living traditions between past and present https://aje.news/vbbsxk
February 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM