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Ramadan Culinary Traditions Defy Crisis To Bring Libyans Together

Bazin was traditionally cooked at home in Libya, but these volunteers make it for their community during Ramadan (Credit: AFP)

Dressed in tracksuits with their sleeves rolled up, about 30 residents in Tajura, a suburb east of Libya's capital, volunteer every day to cook and give away some 300 meals during Ramadan.

The men of all ages join efforts to make Bazin -- a Libyan barley-based dough served with a stew -- as part of a campaign coupling social solidarity with culinary tradition to provide free meals for people fasting during the Muslim holy month.

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