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In more recent times, Muslims have turned even more to the Islamic ritual of the “Aqiqah” as a celebration of a baby’s birth. The Aqiqah was practiced by Prophet Mohamed. It consists of a sacrificial slaughter to feed the family and the poor. Some Egyptians hold both the Sebou’ and the Aqiqah. The grandmother, or one of the women, would prepare the food in the morning, consisting of a cooked “Fattah” — a thick stew made of bread mixed with the meat of the sacrifice, that is later presented to the invited relatives, neighbors and the needy.