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Cairo's historic Ramadan cannon fires again
Cairo's historic Ramadan cannon fires again
Egypt’s famous “Ramadan Cannon” at the historic Saladin Al-Ayyubi Citadel in Cairo. Photo by Samar Elsayed/Creative Commons
(RNS) — Now a familiar way to announce the end of the fast in the Arab world, the tradition is thought to have originated in the 15th century.