As Muslims across the world observe Ramadan this month, one group can't avoid food even while fasting.
Observant Muslim food vendors in New York City dole out kebabs and gyros, falafels and hot dogs, all day every day, without a morsel touching their lips.
They squeeze in five prayer times a day and struggle to keep up with the furious pace of patrons, refraining from even water during the dog days of August.
"When you're thirsty and when you're hungry and you serve good food and cold water and soda, imagine how hard it is?" said Fikry Ahmed, the Egyptian owner of Sam's Falafel cart in Manhattan's Liberty Plaza. "I drink my coffee in the morning and suddenly I don't drink my coffee. I feel like in my head is an explosion. It is very, very hard."
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