SYRIA-FOOD-TRADITION

Workers spread cooked apricot juice on wooden boards to make the popular Qamar al-Din sweet, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on June 21, 2021. Qamar al-Din is believed to have originated in the Syrian Ghouta region. The sweet apricot sheets are made from the fruit juice mixed with sugar then cooked and spread oven wooden boards covered in olive oil. The boards are then left to dry in the sun. Qamar al-Din is especially popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)