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We Are Pricing Ourselves Out of Our Own Rituals

A Ramadan tent that costs a week of wages is a hotel product, not a tradition.

Hassan Al-Aali

Published 11 July 2026, 4:11 · Updated 6:30

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We Are Pricing Ourselves Out of Our Own Rituals

A Ramadan tent that costs a week of wages is a hotel product, not a tradition.

Reporting for this story was carried out in Manama over the past week. Officials spoke on the record unless otherwise noted.

This article will be updated as further detail is confirmed.

Hassan Al-Aali

I make sense of technology in the Gulf.

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