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1. For a Sudan on the Brink, Ramadan Nights Provide Cool Relief

Author

Walsh, Declan and Eassa, Abdulmonam

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Fasts and feasts -- Islam, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

''We come here to forget it all,'' one young musician said during the daily end of the fast. ''The heat, the electricity cuts, the protests. Here, at least, we can [...]

Published
2022

2. Ramadan during the third wave

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Epidemics -- Control -- Canada, Canadian Muslims -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Family -- Safety and security measures, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Lead For Muslims around the world, this Ramadan marks the second during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Canada, it comes squarely in the third wave. During this holy month, Muslims don't [...]

Published
2021

3. For my first Ramadan as a Muslim, I am filling my home with new life

Author

Ford, Mary Catherine

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Quarantine -- Methods -- Social aspects, Islamic holidays -- Social aspects -- Methods, Faith, Islam, Coronaviruses, Time, Conversion (Religion), Coronavirus infections, Muslims, Earthquakes, Fasting, Isolation, Mosques, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Mary Catherine Ford For Print Use Only. With mosques shuttered, community gatherings banned and the holy sites of Mecca and Medina closed, the world's almost 2 billion Muslims are [...]

Published
2020

4. WHY DO WE FAST? FIRST PERSON

Author

Sukhera, Javeed

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Muslims -- Social aspects, Fasting -- Social aspects, Criminal investigation, Childhood, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Javeed Sukhera Lead 'Why do we fast, Mama?' While I waited for my parents' explicit answer to my question, they gave me clues that helped fill in the blanks. [...]

Published
2020

5. Muslim members of Congress host Ramadan feast at Capitol

Author

Zauzmer, Julie

Subjects
United States Capitol -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Ramadan -- Social aspects, Congressional representatives -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations -- Religious aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Legislators, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Julie Zauzmer WASHINGTON - While Rep. Ilhan Omar fasts during Ramadan from food and water - and even, she is quick to point out, from coffee - her responsibilities [...]

Published
2019

6. For one woman with an eating disorder, Ramadan was a chance to blend in

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Eating disorders, Muslim women -- Health aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

This month is the holy month of Ramadan and for many Muslims, that means fasting between sunrise and sunset. If you are a Muslim living with an eating disorder, however, [...]

Published
2018

7. Washington Lawmakers Observe Ramadan

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Legislators -- Social aspects, Fasts and feasts -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112506246 LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: I'm Linda Wertheimer, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Michel Martin is away. Coming up, it's [...]

Published
2009

8. Inside Ramadan With Arsalan Iftikhar

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Muslims -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Muslims -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112200631 JENNIFER LUDDEN, host: I'm Jennifer Ludden, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Muslims around the world began their month-long [...]

Published
2009

9. Ramadan For Kids?

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Parenting -- Methods, Muslim children -- Behavior, Muslim children -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112200635 JENNIFER LUDDEN, host: Ramadan may be a time of reflection and gratitude for a fifth of the world's population, but how do [...]

Published
2009

10. Many Muslim Refugees Spend Ramadan Inside Migrant Camps

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Refugees -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects, Muslims -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Military camps -- Religious aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=483426457 We're now halfway through the month of Ramadan when observant Muslims fast from dawn to sunset. At this time last year, I [...]

Published
2016

11. In Ramadan, Saudi Families Break Bread And Watch TV Dramas

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Taki (Television program), Television dramas -- Appreciation, Television writers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Works, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=415973913 SIMON: The holy month of Ramadan is prime time for television dramas and soap operas across the Arab world. TV shows get [...]

Published
2015

12. REFLECTIONS OF RAMADAN FROM CHILDHOOD

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=140032974 MICHEL MARTIN, host: Finally today, normally at this time I have my Can I Just Tell You commentary. But today, as Ramadan [...]

Published
2011

13. A Month Of 'Fast' Food: Recipes For Ramadan

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Melons -- Recipes and menus -- Social aspects -- Methods, Fasting -- Social aspects -- Methods, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139671486 RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: It's Ramadan, the month when Muslims around the world fast from sun-up to sundown as a spiritual discipline. Each [...]

Published
2011

14. FOOTBALL PLAYERS TACKLE RAMADAN

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Football teams -- Religious aspects -- Health aspects, Fasting -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139748184 TONY COX, host: But first, Muslims around the world are currently observing Ramadan. It is the month when people of the Islamic [...]

Published
2011

15. RAMADAN ARRIVES IN REBEL-HELD LIBYA

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Rebels -- Political activity -- Social aspects, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=138867790 LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: In Libya today, the situation and rebel eastern part of the country is tense. (SOUNDBITE OF EXPLOSIONS AND CONVERSATION) [...]

Published
2011

16. Teenage Summer, the Fasting Version

Author

Dominus, Susan

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Muslims -- Practice, Summer -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Why was Jay Mustafic, 14, wearing slippers over his tube socks the other afternoon on a basketball court in his neighborhood in Ridgewood, Queens? The slippers -- technically more like [...]

Published
2010

17. 'What problems it has caused!'

Author

Halpern, Orly

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Noor (Television program) -- Social aspects, Soap operas -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ORLY HALPERN RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- It's ending today - just in time for the beginning of Ramadan tomorrow - but the racy TV series called Noor will no [...]

Published
2008

18. Back from retreat, ready for action

Author

Patel, Eboo

Subjects
Ramadan -- Social aspects, Retreats -- Appreciation, Islamic religious practice -- Social aspects, General interest, Philosophy and religion, Social aspects, Appreciation
Abstract

THE MUSLIM MONTH of fasting, Ramadan, is over. For me, as for other Muslims, it has been challenging, and beautiful. But the purpose of the month--retreat--is not meant to last [...]

Published
2009

19. Portrait of the week

Subjects
Israel -- Military policy, Ramadan -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science, Social aspects, Military policy, Speeches, lectures and essays
Abstract

Mr Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, made a speech at the Welsh National Assembly intended to rally wavering support for the war. `Never forget how we felt watching the planes [...]

Published
2001

20. Iraq: Perception or Reality?

Author

West, Dee

Subjects
Jordan -- Social aspects, Ramadan -- Social aspects, Journalists -- Personal narratives -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Social aspects, Personal narratives
Abstract

December 16, 1998. Jordan. The fever of excitement was in the air when Jordanians and other Muslims were getting ready for the holiest month of the Muslim calendar--Ramadan. Although the [...]

Published
1999

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