Un pasto di solidarietà

Nello Yemen affamato da anni di guerra i locali enti caritatevoli distribuiscono pasti nella capitale in occasione della rottura serale del digiuno di Ramadan

epa11248874 A person receives his family's food aid for iftar, a meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2,000 families in the Sana'a neighborhood receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables, and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran took place during the last ten nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248855 Volunteers prepare food aid for iftar, the meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2000 families at a the neighborhood of Sana'a receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248853 A volunteer prepares food aid for iftar, the meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2000 families at a the neighborhood of Sana'a receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248856 Volunteers prepare food aid for iftar, the meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2000 families at a the neighborhood of Sana'a receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248879 People wait to receive their families' food aid for iftar, a meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2,000 families in the Sana'a neighborhood receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables, and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran took place during the last ten nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248877 Volunteers prepare food aid for iftar, a meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2,000 families in the Sana'a neighborhood receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables, and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran took place during the last ten nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248881 Volunteers prepare food aid for iftar, a meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2,000 families in the Sana'a neighborhood receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables, and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran took place during the last ten nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

epa11248873 A person (R) receives his family's food aid for iftar, a meal traditionally taken after sunset to break the Ramadan daily fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at a charitable kitchen in Sana'a, Yemen, 28 March 2024. More than 2,000 families in the Sana'a neighborhood receive daily food aid, including rice, cooked vegetables, and bread, provided by a charitable kitchen during the fasting month of Ramadan. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran took place during the last ten nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Lo Yemen, si sa, è uno dei Paesi al mondo in cui la situazione umanitaria è più critica dopo nove anni di guerra: secondo le Nazioni Unite, la metà dei bambini è malnutrita, e quasi 20 milioni di persone necessitano di aiuti salvavita. Pur in un contesto così difficile, però, c’è ancora spazio per la solidarietà; in particolare nel mese di Ramadan, mese sacro per l’Islam. Nella capitale Sana’a una cucina sociale distribuisce infatti circa 2000 pasti al giorno a chi è nel bisogno, consegnandoli nelle case la sera per la rottura quotidiana del digiuno. Pasti semplici – riso, verdure, pane – ma fondamentali per la sopravvivenza di queste persone.

In questo venerdì santo, immagini come queste suonano come un invito per i cristiani a fare memoria e pregare per i tanti “crocifissi” del mondo, in particolare le popolazioni colpite dalle guerre.

(Foto Ansa/EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)