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Rana&#8217;s mom, Mona al-Baghdadi, was so thrilled that she shared a video of the Adhan being played through the loudspeaker in Astoria. She exclaimed, &#8220;Thank God, the sound of Adhan is now heard on the streets of Astoria for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">31 years later, Egyptian American Rana Abdelhamid finally gets to hear the call to prayer in her hometown Astoria!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lovincairo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lovincairo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8a4fgm0Oi0\">pic.twitter.com\/8a4fgm0Oi0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lovin Cairo (@LovinCairo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LovinCairo\/status\/1641036994540085249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Excitement is an understatement<\/h2>\n<p>Abdelhamid shared her excitement on Facebook and explained that she has thankfully obtained three permits to raise the sound of Adhan for the mosques in Astoria where she grew up. Soon enough, everyone in the neighborhood will be able to hear the beautiful call to prayer while taking a stroll.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/03\/29132559\/big-image-1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>Rana made sure to explain this significance to her non-Muslim friends, highlighting how the call to prayer adds a touch of nostalgia for their communities:<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Historic news!!! Just a NY Muslim girl in Ramadan with three Athan sound permits for the Astoria mosques she was raised in <span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t9f\/1.5\/16\/1faf6_1f3fd.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meaning you will be walking down Steinway street and hearing the call to prayer *outloud* very soon. For those who don\u2019t know, Muslims pray five times a day, in those prayers we have a beautiful call to prayer, that in Muslim majority contexts gets called out loud. It\u2019s often what our communities become most nostalgic for. For a neighborhood that was targeted post 9\/11, our ability to be unapologetic in our worship feels so powerful in this moment. For so long we felt like we had to be under the radar, but when @newyorkmuslims hosted Townhall and spoke with our Muslim neighbors the thing that just kept coming up was a desire to have the call to prayer be called out loud. If church bells can ring, why can\u2019t our prayer be made visible too? I remember someone saying. And Alhamdulilah @salrajput and so many on our team hustled, coordinating with local leaders, writing proposals to make this moment possible and I cannot be more in joy, especially during Ramadan! 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Rana&#8217;s mom, Mona al-Baghdadi, was so thrilled that she shared a video of the Adhan being played through the loudspeaker in Astoria. 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Just a NY Muslim girl in Ramadan with three Athan sound permits for the Astoria mosques she was raised in <span class=\"x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t9f\/1.5\/16\/1faf6_1f3fd.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffd\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meaning you will be walking down Steinway street and hearing the call to prayer *outloud* very soon. For those who don\u2019t know, Muslims pray five times a day, in those prayers we have a beautiful call to prayer, that in Muslim majority contexts gets called out loud. It\u2019s often what our communities become most nostalgic for. For a neighborhood that was targeted post 9\/11, our ability to be unapologetic in our worship feels so powerful in this moment. 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