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Among the most famous are the brightly colored tin and glass lanterns called fanous, which hang for sale by the thousands in the medieval Islamic quarter of
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Among the most famous are the brightly colored tin and glass lanterns called fanous, which hang for sale by the thousands in the medieval Islamic quarter of
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Called fanous in Arabic, they are lit with candles or bulbs and are displayed in doorways and on balconies across Egypt.
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As the fanous engineer/racer Bruce Mclaren once said of a friend who died in auto racing accident.
Caption contest 2007
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But I didn't care anymore - my feet may had been complaining but my eyes were enthralled by the array of colorful Ramadan fanous (lanterns), luminous decors, and the pulsating downtown crowd carrying shopping bags and packages.
Mindanews Anabelle B. Ragsag 2010
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As a child growing up in the United Kingdom, I never got to play with a Ramadan fanous.
unknown title 2009
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Any packages brought over by friends or visiting relatives from Egypt invariably yielded the requisite roumi cheese and basterma - never my much-prayed-for fanous.
unknown title 2009
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Looking back, the fanous - or lack thereof - defined what it meant to be celebrating Ramadan abroad.
unknown title 2009
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You can dress and undres this fanous and hot model Shannon Elizabeth.
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By then, I was too old to play with them, but when the ozoomat company got too loud or the mosalsalat too mind-numbing, I would sneak into my room, dim the lights and just gaze at the beautiful colors shining out of my fanous.
unknown title 2009
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