The first type of football played by many in Egypt, sock ball has become a show of celebration during Ramadan in the country.

Millions gather each year on Egypt's streets for football tournaments during Ramadan. Also: money-saving beavers, one of the UK's largest Iron Age discoveries and darts helping children in South ...

You wouldn’t think that someone who goes around banging a drum in the streets before dawn and waking up the whole ...

Ramadan is a time for prayer and reflection worldwide. But in Egypt they mark it using one of their nationwide passions: football. Since the 1960s street football tournaments have spread to every town ...

At Sayeda Zeinab, neighbours join forces during Ramadan to serve meals, fostering community and compassion in Cairo.

Sock ball was long considered a poor man’s game for Egyptian football lovers, but more recently it’s become a show of ...

Hamdy also lives in Sayeda Zeinab, running a small coffee shop in the narrow streets of the old market ... “There is no place like Egypt during Ramadan,” Hamdy says as he looks at the ...

However, Egypt's first Mesaharaty ... The radio programme later became televised during Ramadan, showing Mekkawi dressed in a white galabiya, roaming the streets of Cairo, chanting, praising ...