# Cairo · 17 June 2015 > Photos and videos from Cairo on 17 June 2015. ## Facts - **What:** Cairo · 17 June 2015 (News story) - **Where:** [Cairo](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/cairo) - **When:** 2015-06-17 – 2015-06-18 - **Media:** 40 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes - **Credit:** © apaimages / Amr Sayed, Egyptian presidency - **Licensing:** Editorial licenses on request: https://apa.atyaf.co/pricing (sales@apa.atyaf.co). Previews are watermarked. - **Canonical URL:** https://apa.atyaf.co/story/cairo-2015-06-17 - **Last updated:** 2026-10-19T11:54:50+00:00 - **Arabic version:** https://apa.atyaf.co/ar/story/cairo-2015-06-17 ## Media in this story - [Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019683) — APA-PH-2015-019683 · photo · 2015-06-17 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian Presidency (Handout) A handout picture made available by the Egyptian Presidency on June 17, 2015 shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo. Photo by Egyptian presidency - [Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019684) — APA-PH-2015-019684 · photo · 2015-06-17 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian Presidency (Handout) A handout picture made available by the Egyptian Presidency on June 17, 2015 shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo. Photo by Egyptian presidency - [Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019685) — APA-PH-2015-019685 · photo · 2015-06-17 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian Presidency (Handout) A handout picture made available by the Egyptian Presidency on June 17, 2015 shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo. Photo by Egyptian presidency - [Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019686) — APA-PH-2015-019686 · photo · 2015-06-17 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Egyptian Presidency (Handout) A handout picture made available by the Egyptian Presidency on June 17, 2015 shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo. Photo by Egyptian presidency - [Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019709) — APA-PH-2015-019709 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the s... - [Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019710) — APA-PH-2015-019710 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the s... - [Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019711) — APA-PH-2015-019711 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the s... - [Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019712) — APA-PH-2015-019712 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the s... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019713) — APA-PH-2015-019713 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019714) — APA-PH-2015-019714 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019715) — APA-PH-2015-019715 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019716) — APA-PH-2015-019716 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019717) — APA-PH-2015-019717 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019718) — APA-PH-2015-019718 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019719) — APA-PH-2015-019719 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019720) — APA-PH-2015-019720 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019721) — APA-PH-2015-019721 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019722) — APA-PH-2015-019722 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019723) — APA-PH-2015-019723 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019724) — APA-PH-2015-019724 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019725) — APA-PH-2015-019725 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019726) — APA-PH-2015-019726 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019727) — APA-PH-2015-019727 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019728) — APA-PH-2015-019728 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019729) — APA-PH-2015-019729 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019730) — APA-PH-2015-019730 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019731) — APA-PH-2015-019731 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019732) — APA-PH-2015-019732 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019733) — APA-PH-2015-019733 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019734) — APA-PH-2015-019734 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019735) — APA-PH-2015-019735 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019736) — APA-PH-2015-019736 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019737) — APA-PH-2015-019737 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019738) — APA-PH-2015-019738 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019739) — APA-PH-2015-019739 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019740) — APA-PH-2015-019740 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019741) — APA-PH-2015-019741 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019742) — APA-PH-2015-019742 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform take part in an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the star... - [Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019743) — APA-PH-2015-019743 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the s... - [Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2015-019744) — APA-PH-2015-019744 · photo · 2015-06-18 · Cairo, Egypt · © APA Images / Amr Sayed Egyptian worshipers perform ablution before an evening prayer "Taraweeh", at Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque, in Cairo on June 17, 2015. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar and a moon-sighting methodology that can lead to different countries declaring the s...