Ramadan

It’s Not Just About Me. Who Knew?!

August 22, 2011

Note: I wrote this entry like a week ago but didn’t have a chance to post ’cause I got a bit busy. I was walking with my Muslim coworker/prayer buddy to the prayer room* at work when I asked her how her roza was going. It didn’t occur to me until after I said it [...]

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Ramadan – Thoughts for 2011

July 31, 2011

It’s that time again*! Ramadan is most likely going to start tomorrow** and the days will be long this time around. We’re looking at more than 15 hours of fasting in Amreeka – no water, no food, and no *gasp* coffee. In order to fit in the extra prayers and wake up early enough in [...]

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Ramadan Resolutions – 2010 Edition!

August 10, 2010

For Muslims, the month of Ramadan starts tomorrow or Thursday, depending on whether one follows the moon sighting*, so I thought I’d share my resolutions for Ramadan this year. Every year, I try to work on one thing in particular that will help me focus during Ramadan and on all the extra spiritual activity I [...]

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Taking Advantage of Ramadan

September 6, 2009

I remember back when I first started fasting in the month of Ramadan. I was in the 4th grade and fasted for maybe 2 or 3 days in the whole month. I started fasting full time when I was in the 5th grade. Well, full time minus one day. There was a class party one [...]

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Ramadan Mubarak and All That Good Stuff

September 5, 2008

So I’m a few days late in this post but I still felt the need to acknowledge that it is now Ramadan, the holiest of months to Muslims. They say that the only thing that some Muslims get out of this month is the feeling of starvation from dawn to dusk. I think that’s how [...]

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