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It has expanded to include dozens of food vendors and bazaar stalls, and even earned an affectionate nickname: “Muslim Coachella.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Saturday, March 7, from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m., Suhoor Fest will return to its roots in the NewPark Mall parking lot after a couple of years at a different site in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, Suhoor Fest simply outgrew its old location, drawing such big crowds that parking became a huge challenge and the freeway was completely backed up with traffic. “NewPark is pretty central for people who live in Fremont and also Dublin, Pleasanton and also San José,” says Irfan Rydhan, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/halalfest/?hl=en\">HalalFest\u003c/a>, which organizes the event. “And obviously there’s much more space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13987341\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13987341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Suhoor-Fest-2023-crowd-HalalFest.jpg\" alt=\"A crowded food festival at night.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Suhoor-Fest-2023-crowd-HalalFest.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Suhoor-Fest-2023-crowd-HalalFest-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Suhoor-Fest-2023-crowd-HalalFest-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/Suhoor-Fest-2023-crowd-HalalFest-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the crowd at Suhoor Fest 2023. 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He also recognizes that this year’s festival is once again happening against a backdrop of tragedy in the greater Muslim world, including Israel’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/27/israeli-attacks-on-police-sites-kill-five-in-southern-central-gaza\">ongoing attacks\u003c/a> on Gaza and the recent U.S.-Israeli \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075011/hundreds-rally-in-san-francisco-against-u-s-israel-strikes-on-iran\">military strikes against Iran\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much uncertainty right now, and it’s just sad the division that we’re all feeling in this country on the ground level,” Abdelfattah says. “What we want to do [at Suhoor Fest] is just bring people back together during this holy month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Suhoor Fest will take place on Saturday, March 7, from 11 p.m.–4 a.m., in the parking lot of the NewPark Mall in Newark (2086 Newpark Mall Rd.). Admission is free. 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"content": "\u003cp>For as long as the holy month of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/ramadan\">Ramadan\u003c/a> has been celebrated, Muslims around the world have broken their daily fast by eating one food more than any other: the soft, sticky-sweet, nutrient-rich date. It’s a tradition that goes back over 1,400 years, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/12hw10f/prophet_muhammad_pbuh_knew_what_was_up_with_dates/\">the Prophet Muhammed himself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, that usually means Muslims will stock up on dates for Ramadan at their favorite Middle Eastern grocer or one of the big supermarket chains. But during this year’s holiday season, some lucky Oakland residents can also find dates at a more unlikely place: their local corner store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Jalisco Market in Deep East Oakland, for instance, a big box of Medjool dates is prominently displayed in the fluorescent-lit refrigerator for fresh produce right at the front of the store, sandwiched between some coconuts and a tray of apples. “Healthy Food for All,” reads the sign above the fridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If none of that squares with your vision of a typical corner store or liquor store in East Oakland, well, that’s precisely the point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt='Bright display of fresh produce inside a corner store. The sign above reads, \"Healthy Food for All.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh produce for sale at Jalisco Market, where fruits and vegetables are displayed right in the front of the store. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was always just chips, candy and soda,” Essai Talib, a Yemeni American who runs Jalisco Market along with his family, recalls of the store’s standard junk food inventory during its early years. Talib says he’s been eating dates for iftar (the traditional fast-breaking meal taken right after sunset during Ramadan) for as long as he can remember. This year, the Talibs decided to stock dates during the holiday season in part for their own use, and also to cater to Muslim customers, who make up a small but significant segment of the store’s clientele.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the dates are only one tiny part of the store’s revamp. Ten years ago, Talib couldn’t have imagined that the entire front of his store would be dominated by shelves piled high with tomatoes, papayas, plantains and assorted chili peppers — that in a neighborhood with relatively few fresh food options, Jalisco Market would become a destination for healthy fruits and vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes thanks to an Oakland nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://sabagrocers.org/\">Saba Grocers Initiative\u003c/a>, which has helped turn a dozen corner stores around the city into viable produce markets. Talib says his family always hoped to offer fresh produce to the community; they didn’t go into business because they \u003ci>wanted \u003c/i>to sell only junk food, cigarettes and booze. But when they tried sourcing fruits and vegetables on their own, the logistics proved to be untenable. Traditional produce distributors required the store to buy in bulk — a 25-pound box of tomatoes or 40-pound case of apples. There was no way for a small corner store to churn through that kind of volume, especially without the specialized refrigerators that supermarkets use to store and display their produce. “We’d sell a few, and the rest would go bad,” Talib says. “There was always more waste than we would sell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972860\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972860\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg\" alt='A man leans against the gate in front of a corner store. The blue awning reads, \"Jalisco Market.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Essai Talib and his family have run the market for more than a decade. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About five years ago, the Talibs turned to Saba Grocers for help. Launched in 2019 with \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/12/07/more-liquor-stores-in-oakland-are-selling-fresh-produce-with-help-from-saba-grocers-initiative/\">$200,000 worth of Oakland soda tax money\u003c/a>, the nonprofit focuses specifically on helping corner stores like Jalisco Market access fresh produce. Saba cofounder Lina Ghanem explains that her main inspiration was research indicating that nearly half of African American and Latino children in Oakland were expected to develop diabetes during their lifetime. “And our corner stores tend to be the main outlet where youth and children are getting soda,” Ghanem says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13972704,arts_13972834,news_12029204']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>The idea, then, was to make it much easier for these corner stores to provide healthier alternatives. So, Saba Grocers is the one who buys the big cases of produce and then breaks them down to redistribute on its ecommerce platform for participating stores, allowing a small corner store to buy just a couple of pounds of apples if it wants to. The nonprofit also buys small refrigerators and allows the markets to use them free of charge, as long as they’re used for storing fresh produce. And it provides free delivery, so store owners don’t have to personally drive over to the Jack London wholesale market at midnight to source their produce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just trying to level the playing field,” Ghanem says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Jalisco Market, the program has been astoundingly successful. In the beginning, Talib says, the store had just the one small fridge of fruits and vegetables all the way in the back of the store. But the fresh produce proved to be so popular with customers that the Talibs dedicated more shelf space to it, pushing the chips and soda further and further back. “When you walk into the store now, the first thing you see is the produce,” Talib says. Now, he says, many of the parents who stop by the store on Sundays after church will buy an apple or an orange for their kids instead of chips or soda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972811\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A customer picks through a display of tomatoes.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customer Niles Dison picks tomatoes from Jalisco Market’s fresh produce section. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A customer holds up a bunch of scallions from a fresh produce display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Kassim inspects a bunch of green onions for sale. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The initiative has also provided Jalisco Market with the opportunity to sell seasonally and culturally specific items that you wouldn’t expect to find at a corner store — like the dates, which Ghanem is sourcing this year through the Syrian family that operates the Damask Rose cafe in North Oakland, who ship Medjool dates in from Southern California and distribute them locally. For Ramadan, Saba Grocers is offering the dates to its markets at a discounted price. In addition to Jalisco Market, two other Arab American–owned corner stores are selling dates for Ramadan through Saba Grocers this year: A&G Market in the San Antonio District and Royal Foods on MacArthur Boulevard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Palestinian American who grew up in a refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, Ghanem says she finds it particularly rewarding to work with the corner store community in Oakland, which is heavily Arab American and Muslim. According to Ghanem, 120 of the 200 corner stores in Oakland are owned by Arab Americans — most of them, like the Talibs, from Yemen. And one of the best outcomes of the Saba Grocers Initiative, she says, is the way it’s helped improve participating corner stores’ relationship with the communities in which they operate. Many of the stores are located in neighborhoods that are predominantly Black, Ghanem says, and there was some feeling that this was an “extractive business process” — that these store owners were making money off the community by selling junk food to their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The residents would complain about it,” she says. “Now, with the fresh produce in there, the residents are happier with our stores, and there’s a more familiar relationship happening there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972806\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a box of dates.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The market is selling dates to cater to Muslim customers during Ramadan — and maybe beyond. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through the program, stores are also able to request culturally appropriate foods for their neighborhoods — things like nopales, chayote, bok choy, lychees and tamarind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jalisco Market’s Talib says he’s just glad to see how happy his Muslim customers are when they realize that the store is carrying dates during this holy season — that they don’t have to go out of their way to go to a bigger, more specialized market. And who knows? If it seems like there’s a demand for it, Talib says, they might even start selling dates year-round. “Whether it’s dates or anything else, we just try to listen to our customers and see what they want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Jalisco Market is located at 9170 Edes Ave. in Oakland. A&G Market is at 1849 E. 21st St., and Royal Foods is at 7615 MacArthur Blvd. All three stores are selling dates for Ramadan through \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://sabagrocers.org/\">\u003ci>Saba Grocers Initiative\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For as long as the holy month of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/ramadan\">Ramadan\u003c/a> has been celebrated, Muslims around the world have broken their daily fast by eating one food more than any other: the soft, sticky-sweet, nutrient-rich date. It’s a tradition that goes back over 1,400 years, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/12hw10f/prophet_muhammad_pbuh_knew_what_was_up_with_dates/\">the Prophet Muhammed himself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, that usually means Muslims will stock up on dates for Ramadan at their favorite Middle Eastern grocer or one of the big supermarket chains. But during this year’s holiday season, some lucky Oakland residents can also find dates at a more unlikely place: their local corner store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Jalisco Market in Deep East Oakland, for instance, a big box of Medjool dates is prominently displayed in the fluorescent-lit refrigerator for fresh produce right at the front of the store, sandwiched between some coconuts and a tray of apples. “Healthy Food for All,” reads the sign above the fridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If none of that squares with your vision of a typical corner store or liquor store in East Oakland, well, that’s precisely the point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt='Bright display of fresh produce inside a corner store. The sign above reads, \"Healthy Food for All.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh produce for sale at Jalisco Market, where fruits and vegetables are displayed right in the front of the store. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was always just chips, candy and soda,” Essai Talib, a Yemeni American who runs Jalisco Market along with his family, recalls of the store’s standard junk food inventory during its early years. Talib says he’s been eating dates for iftar (the traditional fast-breaking meal taken right after sunset during Ramadan) for as long as he can remember. This year, the Talibs decided to stock dates during the holiday season in part for their own use, and also to cater to Muslim customers, who make up a small but significant segment of the store’s clientele.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the dates are only one tiny part of the store’s revamp. Ten years ago, Talib couldn’t have imagined that the entire front of his store would be dominated by shelves piled high with tomatoes, papayas, plantains and assorted chili peppers — that in a neighborhood with relatively few fresh food options, Jalisco Market would become a destination for healthy fruits and vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes thanks to an Oakland nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://sabagrocers.org/\">Saba Grocers Initiative\u003c/a>, which has helped turn a dozen corner stores around the city into viable produce markets. Talib says his family always hoped to offer fresh produce to the community; they didn’t go into business because they \u003ci>wanted \u003c/i>to sell only junk food, cigarettes and booze. But when they tried sourcing fruits and vegetables on their own, the logistics proved to be untenable. Traditional produce distributors required the store to buy in bulk — a 25-pound box of tomatoes or 40-pound case of apples. There was no way for a small corner store to churn through that kind of volume, especially without the specialized refrigerators that supermarkets use to store and display their produce. “We’d sell a few, and the rest would go bad,” Talib says. “There was always more waste than we would sell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972860\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972860\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg\" alt='A man leans against the gate in front of a corner store. The blue awning reads, \"Jalisco Market.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-15-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Essai Talib and his family have run the market for more than a decade. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About five years ago, the Talibs turned to Saba Grocers for help. Launched in 2019 with \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/12/07/more-liquor-stores-in-oakland-are-selling-fresh-produce-with-help-from-saba-grocers-initiative/\">$200,000 worth of Oakland soda tax money\u003c/a>, the nonprofit focuses specifically on helping corner stores like Jalisco Market access fresh produce. Saba cofounder Lina Ghanem explains that her main inspiration was research indicating that nearly half of African American and Latino children in Oakland were expected to develop diabetes during their lifetime. “And our corner stores tend to be the main outlet where youth and children are getting soda,” Ghanem says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>The idea, then, was to make it much easier for these corner stores to provide healthier alternatives. So, Saba Grocers is the one who buys the big cases of produce and then breaks them down to redistribute on its ecommerce platform for participating stores, allowing a small corner store to buy just a couple of pounds of apples if it wants to. The nonprofit also buys small refrigerators and allows the markets to use them free of charge, as long as they’re used for storing fresh produce. And it provides free delivery, so store owners don’t have to personally drive over to the Jack London wholesale market at midnight to source their produce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just trying to level the playing field,” Ghanem says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Jalisco Market, the program has been astoundingly successful. In the beginning, Talib says, the store had just the one small fridge of fruits and vegetables all the way in the back of the store. But the fresh produce proved to be so popular with customers that the Talibs dedicated more shelf space to it, pushing the chips and soda further and further back. “When you walk into the store now, the first thing you see is the produce,” Talib says. Now, he says, many of the parents who stop by the store on Sundays after church will buy an apple or an orange for their kids instead of chips or soda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972811\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A customer picks through a display of tomatoes.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customer Niles Dison picks tomatoes from Jalisco Market’s fresh produce section. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A customer holds up a bunch of scallions from a fresh produce display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Kassim inspects a bunch of green onions for sale. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The initiative has also provided Jalisco Market with the opportunity to sell seasonally and culturally specific items that you wouldn’t expect to find at a corner store — like the dates, which Ghanem is sourcing this year through the Syrian family that operates the Damask Rose cafe in North Oakland, who ship Medjool dates in from Southern California and distribute them locally. For Ramadan, Saba Grocers is offering the dates to its markets at a discounted price. In addition to Jalisco Market, two other Arab American–owned corner stores are selling dates for Ramadan through Saba Grocers this year: A&G Market in the San Antonio District and Royal Foods on MacArthur Boulevard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Palestinian American who grew up in a refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, Ghanem says she finds it particularly rewarding to work with the corner store community in Oakland, which is heavily Arab American and Muslim. According to Ghanem, 120 of the 200 corner stores in Oakland are owned by Arab Americans — most of them, like the Talibs, from Yemen. And one of the best outcomes of the Saba Grocers Initiative, she says, is the way it’s helped improve participating corner stores’ relationship with the communities in which they operate. Many of the stores are located in neighborhoods that are predominantly Black, Ghanem says, and there was some feeling that this was an “extractive business process” — that these store owners were making money off the community by selling junk food to their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The residents would complain about it,” she says. “Now, with the fresh produce in there, the residents are happier with our stores, and there’s a more familiar relationship happening there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972806\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a box of dates.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/250306-CORNER-STORE-DATES-FOR-RAMADAN-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The market is selling dates to cater to Muslim customers during Ramadan — and maybe beyond. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through the program, stores are also able to request culturally appropriate foods for their neighborhoods — things like nopales, chayote, bok choy, lychees and tamarind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jalisco Market’s Talib says he’s just glad to see how happy his Muslim customers are when they realize that the store is carrying dates during this holy season — that they don’t have to go out of their way to go to a bigger, more specialized market. And who knows? If it seems like there’s a demand for it, Talib says, they might even start selling dates year-round. “Whether it’s dates or anything else, we just try to listen to our customers and see what they want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>During \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029204/ramadan-2025-where-to-find-iftar-and-suhoor-in-the-bay-area\">Ramadan\u003c/a>, billions of Muslims around the world observe suhoor, the nightly pre-dawn meal taken in preparation for a day of fasting, which one can eat quietly at home — say, taking down a couple of Medjool dates while still groggy with sleep. For thousands of Bay Area Muslims, it also serves as the occasion for the year’s biggest halal food festival: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DGXWjk6xQSW/?hl=en\">Suhoor Fest\u003c/a>, a mammoth convocation of food stalls, art and clothing vendors, and lively Arabic music, all crammed together in a football field–sized parking lot in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now in its fourth year, Suhoor Fest is one of the largest events of its kind in the U.S. — so big, says \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/elhalalamigos/?hl=en\">El Halal Amigos\u003c/a> owner Hisham Abdelfattah, “It feels like every Muslim in California is there.” This year’s edition will take place on Sat., March 15, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.saba-igc.org/\">SABA Center\u003c/a> in North San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized by \u003ca href=\"https://www.halalfest.com/\">Halal Fest\u003c/a>, which has hosted halal food events in the Bay Area since 2013, Suhoor Fest is one of the many community gatherings that were born as a response to pandemic isolation. Founder Irfan Rydhan explains that he wanted to recreate the “back-home” feeling that Bay Area Muslims might have experienced in the Arab world and other Muslim-majority countries like Malaysia or Pakistan, where his father is from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything is usually shut down during the daytime, and then after sunset, that’s when everybody breaks their fast, and then they start to go out to participate in the street food,” Rydhan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suhoor Fest is the Halal Fest team’s attempt to bring that lively atmosphere to the Bay — the streets lit up, everyone outside mingling until late into the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A plate with three al pastor tacos topped with diced pineapple.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/halal-tacos-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plate of halal tacos — one of the many cuisines represented at Suhoor Fest. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Halal Fest)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 2025 edition of Suhoor Fest looks to be the largest one yet, with a lineup 21 halal food and beverage vendors, including a handful of prominent first-timers. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961613/zareens-pakistani-indian-palo-alto-late-night\">Zareen’s\u003c/a>, maybe the Peninsula’s most beloved Pakistani-Indian restaurant, will have a stall set up for the first time. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DGwzUeDxEic/\">Manakish Oven\u003c/a>, a new Palestinian spot in San Jose, will sling its array of popular flatbreads. And, for visitors who like their shawarma with a side of lumpia, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cabalensweetandsavory/\">Cabalen Sweet & Savory\u003c/a> truck will be on hand to sell its unique hybrid of Filipino and Middle Eastern cuisines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954374/suhoor-fest-san-jose-ramadan-el-halal-amigos\">returning Suhoor Fest anchors\u003c/a> like El Halal Amigos will once again draw some of the event’s longest lines. This year, Abdelfattah says he’ll be trying something new for his street tacos, melting cheese on the tortilla, quesataco-style, while it crisps on the griddle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other new features this year include an exotic car show and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mocktailswithmoose/\">mocktail pop-up\u003c/a>. There’s also the option to buy $50 VIP tickets (admission is otherwise free) that come with a grab bag of coupons and other assorted treats — a T-shirt, a can of Palestinian American–owned \u003ca href=\"https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2024/11/29/coca-cola-boycott-drink-palestina-nj/76435834007/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabo5MfVL2MAlEuq_7s1WaCk-uPV7DHdRGZop33XBhq1ZauqwvFYkFz3B9Y_aem_3aujgUTONpA9dxr3MdICXA\">Drink Palestina\u003c/a> soda (which donates 10% of its profits to Palestinian relief), a raffle ticket for a chance to attend the Warriors’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/muslimhoop/reel/DF8i7FYP16V/\">Muslim Heritage Night\u003c/a> game at Chase Center, and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='news_12029204,arts_13961613,arts_13950577']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>In many ways, Suhoor Fest is the biggest, most joyous party of the year for the Bay Area’s Muslim communities. But this year’s event is also tinged with pain and worry, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FATALITIES/byvrxlqeqve/\">more than 48,000 Palestinians\u003c/a> reported to have been killed since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank, and a tenuous ceasefire many fear is on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgz7p85mdgo\">brink of collapse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, it is Ramadan. It’s the most beautiful time of the year,” Abdelfattah says. “But it’s also very, very hard to enjoy all of the beautiful things that come with Ramadan because of what’s happening in Gaza, specifically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Rydhan and Abdelfattah cite the sense of responsibility they feel toward to the broader Bay Area Muslim community to practice Sadaqah, or charity, during Ramadan — to, as Rydhan puts it, always be thinking about “our brothers and sisters around the world, especially in Palestine and Gaza.” Toward that end, Suhoor Fest will be partnering with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://irusa.org/\">Islamic Relief USA\u003c/a>, which will have a booth set up to collect donations for Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor.jpg\" alt=\"A crowded dining room inside a restaurant.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hisham Abdelfattah, chef-owner of San Jose’s El Halal Amigos, works the crowd during last year’s suhoor event at his restaurant. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of El Halal Amigos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Abdelfattah will also host a separate Suhoor Night event at El Halal Amigos (with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DG08ZLTyoUk/\">special guest appearance by Zareen’s\u003c/a>) on Fri., March 21, where he’ll serve beef bacon breakfast burritos and donate 20% of the proceeds to Islamic Relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, one of the most unique aspects of Suhoor Fest is that it runs all the way until 5 o’clock in the morning — and every year, there’s always a healthy crowd that stays to the end to share a quieter, more contemplative moment with their community. After all, Abdelfattah says, “The reason why it runs until 5 a.m. is because we’re all still together to pray right at sunrise after we’ve filled our bellies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFwla4Ex3Xy/?hl=en\">Suhoor Fest\u003c/a> will take place on Saturday, March 15, from 11 p.m.–5 a.m., in the parking lot of the SABA Islamic Center (4415 Fortran Ct., San Jose). El Halal Amigos’ separate Suhoor Night event will take place 10 p.m.–3 a.m. on Friday, March 21 at 1100 Lincoln Avenue in San Jose. Zareen’s will also host a Suhoor Night at its Palo Alto location on Saturday, March 22.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>In many ways, Suhoor Fest is the biggest, most joyous party of the year for the Bay Area’s Muslim communities. But this year’s event is also tinged with pain and worry, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FATALITIES/byvrxlqeqve/\">more than 48,000 Palestinians\u003c/a> reported to have been killed since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank, and a tenuous ceasefire many fear is on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgz7p85mdgo\">brink of collapse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, it is Ramadan. It’s the most beautiful time of the year,” Abdelfattah says. “But it’s also very, very hard to enjoy all of the beautiful things that come with Ramadan because of what’s happening in Gaza, specifically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Rydhan and Abdelfattah cite the sense of responsibility they feel toward to the broader Bay Area Muslim community to practice Sadaqah, or charity, during Ramadan — to, as Rydhan puts it, always be thinking about “our brothers and sisters around the world, especially in Palestine and Gaza.” Toward that end, Suhoor Fest will be partnering with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://irusa.org/\">Islamic Relief USA\u003c/a>, which will have a booth set up to collect donations for Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13972710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13972710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor.jpg\" alt=\"A crowded dining room inside a restaurant.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/el-halal-amigos-suhoor-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hisham Abdelfattah, chef-owner of San Jose’s El Halal Amigos, works the crowd during last year’s suhoor event at his restaurant. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of El Halal Amigos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Abdelfattah will also host a separate Suhoor Night event at El Halal Amigos (with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DG08ZLTyoUk/\">special guest appearance by Zareen’s\u003c/a>) on Fri., March 21, where he’ll serve beef bacon breakfast burritos and donate 20% of the proceeds to Islamic Relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, one of the most unique aspects of Suhoor Fest is that it runs all the way until 5 o’clock in the morning — and every year, there’s always a healthy crowd that stays to the end to share a quieter, more contemplative moment with their community. After all, Abdelfattah says, “The reason why it runs until 5 a.m. is because we’re all still together to pray right at sunrise after we’ve filled our bellies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFwla4Ex3Xy/?hl=en\">Suhoor Fest\u003c/a> will take place on Saturday, March 15, from 11 p.m.–5 a.m., in the parking lot of the SABA Islamic Center (4415 Fortran Ct., San Jose). El Halal Amigos’ separate Suhoor Night event will take place 10 p.m.–3 a.m. on Friday, March 21 at 1100 Lincoln Avenue in San Jose. Zareen’s will also host a Suhoor Night at its Palo Alto location on Saturday, March 22.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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