The Return of Cinderella

It's said that in Cairo in the 1920s and 1930s, the stock exchange and some banks and government offices were closed for Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah and the first day of Passover. On Saturdays, Muslim youths walked through the alleys of the Jewish quarter, offering their services by crying out "ali yathfi," which means something like "the putter-outer" - that is, the Shabbos goy, who would turn lights on and off in Jewish houses on the Sabbath. Jews used to wish their Muslim neighbors "Ramadan karim" or "Koollu sanaa wa enta tayeb" (roughly, "Happy Anniversary") on the appropriate day, used to sample the traditional katayef sweet, and took care not to eat outside during the fasting hours of Ramadan.