I don't recall seeing or hearing any of this when we lived in Jeddah and we lived on a main road (same road as King Fahd as it happens - oooOOOooooh there's posh lol).

I DO recall everything else about Ramadan there. It DEFINITELY wasn't the time to go down to the souq with bare arms or legs (even showing just a tiny bit of flesh) for fear of being painted green by the Matowa! Mind you, I always used to wear kaftans wherever I went anyway cos it was comfortable.

Will there be drums and cannons in Doha just before dawn breaks? Or just the Mullah singing.