Ramadan: What is it?

Ramadan (pronounced rum-a-thaun) is a holiday celebrated by Muslims all over the world. It is celebrated for 30 days every year and different times of the year. It is a time when Muslims don’t eat or drink until sundown and have to stop eating when the sun comes back up. So why would Muslims do this? To appreciate what they have. It helps people feel how it feels to not have some of the privileges they have in everyday life. The holiday is all about being grateful for what you have. 

 If a person is sick, then they must eat and not participate. During Ramadan, Muslims don’t listen to music with curse words. Mrs. Bazzi, the PBL and LME teacher at West, told us, “Fasting is one of the 5 pillars of Islam. A Muslim gives up food and water from sunup to sundown. The month of fasting is meant to be a reminder of the things that really matter in life, like family and God…” Mr. Dannaoui, Yasmina Dannaoui’s father, told us, “Two things you have [to] be all the time [is] clean…”

To be considerate of those celebrating Ramadan, you should avoid shoving food in peoples’ faces.