شهر رمضان المبارك في طرابلس

Tripoli celebrates Ramadhan in a way that is not present in many of the Arab or Muslim cities. Studies mentioned the presence of at least 20 different social practices done in this month, these are:

• An installed cannon in the Tripoli citadel fires three times a day (at sunrise, sunset, and one hour before sunrise).
• The mousahharati (a person who wanders in the streets of the city singing religious hymns to waken people to have their last meal - Sahour - before the sunrise, this is practiced every day).
• Al-Wada'a (a carnaval-like march in the streets, organized in the last ten days of Ramadhan, in which people and young children sing religious songs while playing different instruments).
• Special Ramadhan meals (Taskiyyeh, Fattoush, Kebbeh Nayyeh, etc..), Carob and blackberry juice drinks, Ramadhan sweets (Basmah, Karbouj Halab, Halawet el-Joubn, Halawet el-Rouz, Ward el-Sham, etc..).
• Special dresses (at least new clothings for the youngsters).
• Religion teaching in Mosques (for this many Egyptian preachers come from the famous al-Azhar University to give religious lessons in the city).
• Celebrating the Kadir (the first night of Holly Quran citation) Night in the mosques for a complete night (in one of the last ten days of Ramadhan).
• Visiting the hairs of the beard of Prophet Mohammad (Salla-Allah-u-Aleyhi-wa-Sallam) kept in the Mansouri Great Mosque at the last Friday of Ramadhan.
• Celebrating the reading of the final chapter of the Holly Quran (each day one of the 30 Quran chapters is completed).
• Reading the Bukhari Book of the Prophet Mohammad (Salla-Allah-u-Aleyhi-wa-Sallam) Sayings at the Taynal Mosque.
• The restaurants in which free food is served for the needy.
• Special markets selling items used in Ramadhan.
• Ramadhan nights in which families meet, other families cite the Holy Quran together, etc..
• Recently, the habit of mounting tents (Khiyam el-Hana) is also practiced. In these tents different activities are taking place (competitions, etc..).