Suhur

The last meal consumed before a Muslim’s daily fast begins with the dawn (fajr) call to prayer during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims consume suhur meals as a means of fueling their bodies before their fasts begin, and therefore generally opt for filling meals such as eggs, lean meats, fruits, and slow-release carbohydrate sources. Many restaurants in Muslim-majority countries remain open late into the night and before dawn to provide suhur for customers. A centuries-old suhur tradition is the musaharati, an individual or group of individuals who roam the streets during Ramadan in the hours just before dawn and wake people for suhur and the dawn prayer.