Mahmoud Fanas, a "musaharati,"or "dawn caller," who beats on a drum to wake up Muslims for a meal before sunrise during Ramadan, teaches a boy how to beat on drum as walks through old streets in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
CAIRO (AP) — You wouldn’t think that someone who goes around banging a drum in the streets before dawn and waking up the whole neighborhood would be so beloved.