Lebanese Dancer

A Lebanese dancer performs during a Ramadan banquet at the W Doha hotel, Qatar, Aug. 25, 2009. Throughout the month of Ramadan, W Doha hotel hosted celebrations for “suhur,” an Arabic word referring to the meals fasting Muslims eat prior to dawn. Exquisite banquets carry on throughout the night at most five-star hotels in Qatar. Muslims are joined by patrons of all faiths, each making an effort to gain greater cultural understanding or merely benefit from the Gulf country’s prolific Arabic atmosphere.