During Ramadan in Dubai's Al Quoz, charity volunteers distribute bagged iftar meals each day to construction workers and others. A field report describes volunteers moving in two lines toward matching queues of off-duty workers, meeting in the middle. Distribution is organised so meals are ready for the breaking of the fast at sunset.
What distinguishes this queue is that both the recipients and the people handing out food form ordered lines. To distribute thousands of meals fairly in a short period, two sequences face one another and create a handover point one bag at a time.