Preparations for Ramadan in Baghdad

Описание: (31 Aug 2008)
Central Baghdad
1. Various wide shots of Shorja wholesale market
2. People walking through market
3. Various of people buying goods for the holy fasting month of Ramadan
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Hamoudi Karim, Baghdad resident:
"We used to come to Shorja wholesale market days before the holy month Ramadan to buy our necessities and needs in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan."
5. People shopping
6. Top shot of market
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) U.M. Hussein, Baghdad resident:
"Prices are too high, civil servants, who have limited incomes, cannot buy all their necessities."
8. Top shot of market/ people shopping
Karrada neighbourhood, Baghdad
9. Cars on street
10. Various of people shopping for vegetables and fruit
11. Exterior of 'Juwad al-Shakarji Market for Sweets'
12. People shopping for sweets
13. Various of shopkeeper putting sweets in box
14. Various of employees preparing sweets
15. People leaving shop
16. Cars on street
STORYLINE:
Muslim Iraqis living in Baghdad were preparing for the holy month of Ramadan on Sunday, in the face of tight security in the capital and rising prices.
During Ramadan, observant Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, but then often have large meals breaking the fast, with special foods and sweets.
Al-Shorja market, a main shopping outlet in central Baghdad, has been the target of several blasts and sabotage during the last year.
AP Television filmed shoppers busy making last minute purchases of foodstuffs before the beginning of the holy month, due for some to start on Monday.
One shopper, U.M. Hussein, said prices are too high and that civil servants "cannot buy all their necessities" due to limited incomes.
In the city's Karrada neighbourhood, residents were stocking up on fruit and vegetables.
And business was thriving at the 'Juwad al-Shakarji Market for Sweets'.
Iraqi Sunni Muslims will start fasting on Monday for Ramadan, which falls on the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, but Iraqi Shiite Muslims have not announced yet when they will start their fasting.
Muslims see the fast of Ramadan as a means to intensify worship and contemplation as well as strengthening ties within the family and community.

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