IRP report on PBS’s “Worldfocus”: Pakistanis fete end of Ramadan

Fellows Fall 2009

By Amna Nawaz

September 21, 2009

PBS’s “Worldfocus”

Muslims have been celebrating the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of fasting known as Ramadan. In Pakistan, in cities like Lahore, Eid means neon-lit and food-fueled street fairs long into the night.

Amna Nawaz, an International Reporting Project fellow in Lahore, reports on how Pakistanis view the holiday.

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