![People gather for the annual mass iftar in the Matariya district, east of Cairo, Egypt, on March 5, 2026. [Mohamed Elshahed - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AA-20260305-40744987-40744972-THOUSANDS_GATHER_FOR_MASS_IFTAR_IN_CAIRO-1.jpg)
Minutes before iftar, Mamdouh A. (45) and his neighbour Sayed A. (63) were fatally shot during Ramadan following the renewal of a blood feud between two families in a village in the Deshna district of Qena governorate in southern Egypt. In a separate incident in the Nile Delta, Hosni Atta Allah (41) was fatally stabbed by a friend following a dispute between them, hours before iftar in a village in the Tanta district of Gharbia governorate, according to local media. Bloodshed in Egypt’s streets took a tragic turn on the first day of Ramadan when a young man killed his father, Ezzat Sh., and burned his body following a dispute between them in the city of Senbellawein in Dakahlia governorate […]
