The cows were fattened and the knives sharp. Butchers and ranchers display the best items, women flock to the markets and sheep and goats are already tied up outside the homes of the wealthy in Cairo. The Egyptians, as is happening throughout the Muslim world, are preparing for Eid el-Adha - the festival of sacrifice, also called the Great Feast, the most important celebration in Islam.
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The cows were fattened and the knives sharp. Butchers and ranchers display the best items, women flock to the markets and sheep and goats are already tied up outside the homes of the wealthy in Cairo. The Egyptians, as is happening throughout the Muslim world, are preparing forEid el-Adha – the feast of sacrifice, also called Grande Festa, the most important anniversary in Islam.
The celebrations include theimmolation of cattle and they take their cue from the will of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim in Arabic) to sacrifice his firstborn, Ishmael, to demonstrate his submission to God. It is a feast awaited with trepidation by the whole community. But that turns into one of the worst days in life for a small group of people. Are the vegetarians and vegans of Egypt, forced to see goats slaughtered and slaughtered in the street.
"Ever since I was a kid, I've been away from Cairo", says Alaa Sharshar, giovane proprietario del Vegan Kitchen, which bills itself as Egypt's first vegan restaurant. "They were slaughtering a cow behind my building, and I remember seeing the blood come out, feeling his life go away. And that smell… I felt very uncomfortable. So I've been going out of town that day ever since. "
Being a vegetarian and vegan in Egypt can be really difficult. Meat here is an indication of wealth and social status. In fact, there are many who follow a diet without animal derivatives, but only because they cannot afford this type of food. However, the experiences of vegetarians differ from each other.
For Maie El-Zeiny, for example, "it is not very difficult to be a vegetarian in Egypt, friends begin to understand you in no time".
Besides, most of the many Egyptian delicacies do not contain meat. Foul, taameya e koshary are the three most popular street foods in Egypt. And they are, respectively, a broad bean and bean puree, falafel with chickpeas and a dish of rice, pasta and lentils in tomato sauce. But other old ones and bloody habits are, unfortunately, die hard.
Roberta Ragni
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