In Cairo, the sweetest dates are named Obamas

In Cairo, merchants have taken to naming their dates after politicians, with the politicians' popularity being ascertained by the price of the dates. The sweetest dates, priced at 25 Egyptian pounds ($4.50) per kilo, are the Obamas (pictured at top left). Dates are a traditional food for Ramadan — which begins Saturday in most of the Islamic world — since the Prophet Muhammad is said to have used