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| Africa: North |
| Fasting online: Ramadan television faces Internet competition |
| 2004-11-02 |
| Ramadan e-cards, iftar recipes, spiritual guidance and praying tips blend online with children's stories and the latest news out of Iraq, as Muslim Web sites aim to compete with Arab television for Ramadan audiences. Despite the growing number of "hits," the special Ramadan sections of scores of Arab Web sites are still far from attracting as many viewers as the countless soap operas which keep millions of people glued to their sets after Muslim evening prayers. But with a fast-growing pool of Internet-users, which currently stands at around 3.3 million, Egypt has witnessed a surge of interest in Ramadan-related surfing this year. As life in general moves at a slower pace during Ramadan, young users say they "like to kill time" by surfing the Web before the cannon goes off at sunset, signaling the time to break the dawn-to-dusk fast with your family... A pleasant article about nice Moslems, for a change. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |