This Was Not My First Ramadan
This was not my first Ramadan, my first was in Egypt when I was traveling along the Nile on a felucca boat and the boat crew would wake early before sunrise to have their breakfast and would then set sail while we still slept on the deck of the boat so we awoke to a sun rising over sandy hills as we sailed back towards Luxor. Once everyone was awake the crew would pull into shore to make us breakfast, despite them now fasting for the day.
Ramadan For Beginners
Greetings from the Middle East where in the past week we’ve had Eid – the end of Ramadan celebration. I decided this year, being my first in the Middle East, to adopt a tone of part intrigue, part education and part solidarity to try and learn as much as I could about Islam and the holy month of Ramadan.