SINGAPORE – A stretch of Arab Street between North Bridge Road and Beach Road was closed off on March 22, as around 1,000 attendees gathered for a mass iftar, or communal break-fast meal.

Kampong Glam, also known as Kampong Gelam, is one of Singapore's oldest urban districts. Named "gelam" after the gelam trees, a type of eucalyptus that once thrived in the area, this historic district ...