{"id":22586,"date":"2023-04-05T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=22586"},"modified":"2023-04-05T17:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T17:05:07","slug":"ramadan-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/04\/05\/ramadan-market\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEs participate in Ramadan Market in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SMEs are showcasing their products at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/04\/04\/optimised-promotions-ramadan\/\">Ramadan<\/a> Market in The Boulevard in the Hittin district of Riyadh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The market runs until Saturday, April 8, and is open from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonly known as bazaars or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ramadansouq\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">souqs<\/a>, Ramadan markets are set up specifically at this time of the year and are centred around the holy month\u2019s themes, such as spirituality and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The markets offer various clothing, food items and other goods that help reflect spirituality and culture during Ramadan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An antique and sabha trader in Riyadh\u2019s Souq Al-Zal, Rashid Al-Dossary, told\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arab News<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: \u201cI have been in that old market for years and people started calling me the mayor because I am known to buy the most antiques in the souq.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Ramadan Market also features booths that sell products evoking nostalgia in the older generation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local SMEs are selling their products at the Ramadan Market in The Boulevard in the Hittin district of Riyadh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":22203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3946],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22587,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22586\/revisions\/22587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}