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Hello and welcome to Business Daily. I'm M Hashmi.

In today's episode, how have food prices affected Ramadan?

Ramadan is the Islamic holy month where Muslims around the world fast every day from dawn to dusk.

Iftar is the main meal during Ramadan, it's taken from Maghrib, sunset, each day after up to 19 hours of fasting, depending on where you are in the world. So it's important this meal is as nutritious as possible.

Today we're going to go for the lighter of thar.

So we have some fruit shot, some chicken sandwiches.

I think we're going to take a break from the samosas today.

So we're looking forward to Afthar today.

Global food prices rose by an unprecedented amount just over a year ago when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Since then, global commodity prices have fallen, but in many countries,

inflation and shortages mean prices at shops remain high. Many consumers are still paying more for

key ingredients. Curry needs a lot of oil in there and frying food especially, but we can't afford that much now.

One cup of tea which used to cost about 15 rupees is now about 50 rupees.

So you can imagine how expensive things are really.

As Ramadan comes to an end, we hear from Muslim women in Pakistan, Canada, Somalia and the UK about shopping for and preparing

if-tar over the holy month. I live in London in the UK and have been fasting for around

16 hours every day this year. It hasn't been as bad as other years where we fasted during the hot summer

months. One thing that we do all struggle with is sleep deprivation. During Ramadan, I would

normally have a feast with my family each evening. This consists of lots of small starters,

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