Feeding ‘Guests of Allah’: Islamabad family opens their home to hundreds during Ramadan

ISLAMABAD: As the sun dipped toward the horizon in Islamabad earlier this week, Syed Muhammad Umar Shah’s modest apartment building quietly transformed. Pots simmered, oil crackled and trays of dates and fritters were lined up with care. Inside, Shah, his wife and their children moved with practiced rhythm — not preparing a private family meal but dinner for more than 100 strangers gathered downstairs to break their Ramadan fast. Shah, a 45-year-old salaried employee, has been running this daily iftar for nearly a decade.

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