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World Service,8 mins

Coronavirus: 'everybody stays at home now'

World Business Report

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The holy month of Ramadan is here. This year however, many of the world's one point eight billion muslims will be fasting in lockdown. Ramadan is a special time for them to reaffirm their faith in God. And in any normal year would feature communal prayer, extensive socialising, and acts of generosity and charity. In Egypt, coronavirus has changed all that, as Szu Ping Chan reports.

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