'(7 Aug 2010) SHOTLIST : AP Television Cairo - August 2 2010 1. Wide of river Nile 2. Pan left to exterior of herbal shop 3. Wide of shop from inside 4. Medium of worker weighing almonds 5. Close to almonds on weighing balance 6. Pan left to dried herbs 7. Close to dried hibiscus 8. Close to dried carobs 9. Various of dried hibiscus and thebaica 10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Essam Elattar, Herbalist: \"Now I am going explain how traditional liquorice juice is made. We add water to a cup of liquorice extract herbs and add a quarter kilogram of carbonate and leave it to brew for an hour or two. Then we put the wet paste into a filtering white cloth and then dump the cloth as a big tea packet in water or pour cold water on the cloth and squeeze the paste out into a glass\" 11. Close to coconut milk packet 12. Medium shot of dried fruits 13. Close to dried apricots 14. Wide of Isis products on shelves 15. Tilt down to various organic juices 16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Mamdouh Abo El-Eish, General manager of Isis and Sekem group \"In Ramadan, the healthy oriental Egyptian juices like Tamarindus, Hibiscus, Carobs, Thebaica and sweet apricot are necessary drinks. I advise people who fast in Ramadan to drink a lot of these drinks after eating the main course and try not to drink tea or coffee or soda drinks because the other oriental healthy drinks are essential for the human body. \" 17. Lady walking in park 18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Doaa Gabal, Customer: \"I love drinking healthy drinks in Ramadan like hibiscus, tamarindus and carobs. These drinks are much better after fasting. And I prefer organic juices than flavoured ones even if its more expensive.\" 19. Wide of local juice shop 20. Close to worker squeezing sugar cane into huge juice machine 21. Close to sugar cane juice coming out of juice machine 22. Medium of worker pouring sugar cane juice into plastic bags 23. Close to worker pouring sugar cane juice 24. Medium of cold juice tankers 25. Worker pouring Tamarindus juice in tank 26. Close to filling coconut milk in glass 27. Close to filling carob juice in glass 28. Medium of customer drinking 29. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kamal Ismail, Juice Worker: \"Mainly fasting people tend to drink cheap soft drinks. They can\'t drink more expensive juices like mango . For example in Ramadan customers won\'t get two glasses of mango for 5 Egyptian pounds (1 US Dollar) and instead they buy four glasses of tamarindus for only 3 Egyptian Pounds ( 0.60 US Dollars) .\" 30. Pan right to streets and pickle shop 31. Close to spicy pickled peppers 32. Pan left to pickled carrots and turnips 33. Tilt up to pickles in jars 34. Medium of pickles in jars 35. Close to oriental pickle mix in plastic bags 36. Tilt down to worker preparing pickle mix 37. Various of worker pouring spicy water into pickle bag 38. Worker giving pickles to customer 39 . SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud, Pickle shop owner: \"We are the most famous pickle shop in Egypt because we have our own secret recipes . The traditional Egyptian pickle mix has several special recipes which are all completely different, from the lemon recipe, the eggplant recipe and the fruit recipe\" 40. Close to Ramadan lanterns in street 41. Wide of lanterns outside toy shop LEADIN: Ramadan, the tradition period of self-restraint for Muslims across the world, begins in the next few days. During the holy month, the faithful abstain from all food and drink from sunrise to sunset and enjoy a simple meal to break the fast. In Egypt breaking the fast typically involves a spicy pickle appetiser before the main course and a cool nutritious drink. STORYLINE: Traditional herbal drinks are a popular addition to the Iftari meal in Egypt. Kamal Ismail, Juice Worker: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a8d47de8c51e04aa36fb514e9c66ea0a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork'
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