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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – The Make Up Day

By on November 23, 2011 in Personal, Religion

First things first: Fasting during daylight hours in November is WAY easier than fasting during daylight hours in August. My Muslim friends had intimated as much, but I was not expecting it to be as easy as it was today. I almost wished that it was harder. When I took a day off from Ramadan [...]

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6 things I learned while fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim

By on August 31, 2011 in Personal, Religion

It’s kind of ironic. One month ago, I was contemplating whether or not I should try to fast with my Muslim friends for the month of Ramadan. I was reticent because I wasn’t sure that my body could make it through. It’s not that I expected to die or anything. I just figured that not [...]

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Eid Mubarak!

By on August 30, 2011 in Culture, Personal, Religion

Eid Mubarak literally means “blessed festival”. I was able to experience this blessed festival with my local mosque this morning. I was fortunate that my friend quickly tutored me on the proper way to perform salutations on this special day. It’s sort of a handshake/hug that goes left-right-left, saying “Eid Mubarak” at the end. After [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 29

By on August 29, 2011 in Personal, Religion

The sun is down. The fast is over. Well, I still have one more day to make up, but the official Ramadan holiday season of 2011 is now over. Tomorrow is Eid ul-Fitr, and I’ll be celebrating at the local mosque tomorrow morning. I’ve had a lot of mixed feelings and emotions about the ending [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 28

By on August 28, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Today was a very special for me during this time of Ramadan, because I finally got to spend some time with some of my local Muslim friends. Actually, that doesn’t sound quite right. How about “my friends who happen to be Muslim”? Yeah, I like that better. Last year, I got the opportunity to coach [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 27 (The Travel Day)

By on August 28, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Although today ended up being a really long day again, I must say that I appreciated not having to wake up before the break of dawn to do some water-loading. My rambunctious children, however, really enjoyed the the fact that we were in a hotel, and were up shortly thereafter anyway. For my kids, hotels [...]

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