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The baking of kahk, those rich, festive cookies with which Egyptians mark the breaking of the fast, once more heralds the happy arrival of Eid Al-Fitr. While the vast majority buy the delicacy at bakeries, the age-old tradition of home baking persists to this day

(photo: Khaled El-Fiqi)

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