All posts tagged "fasting"

The Ramadan season comes bearing warmth, peace, and felicity. Over family iftar gatherings and late night suhoors,...

This is the first article of the series ‘Coptic Diaries’, where Marina Makary takes Egyptian Streets’ readers...

While some celebrate Christmas on 25 December, most Egyptians celebrate on 7 January, making Christmas eve on...

  The Azhar Imam, Ahmed al-Tayeb, condemned the restrictions imposed on non-Muslims during the holy month of...

For centuries, people have practised abstinence from the comforts and pleasures of everyday life as a way...

The first day of Ramadan for me during this global pandemic went – fine. I got up,...

Egypt’s Dar Al-Iftaa announced on Monday evening that Eid Al-Fitr will commence on Wednesday 5 June, with...

  According to the BBC, Tunisia’s World Cup football team devised an ingenious way to break their...

The extremely well-known Egyptian television anchor, Ibrahim Eissa, has provoked outrage for questioning the necessity of fasting during...

By Nada Deyaa’ During Ramadan, there are certain unmatched joys, such as the approach of the Maghreb...

China has banned Ramadan fasting in parts of the far Western Xinjiang district – a district known...

Ramadan – Islam’s holiest month – is approaching, and with it comes a whole culture that shapes...

Four primary schools in London have told its students that they will not be permitted to fast...

Ramadan is the month that almost every Muslim in the world looks forward to – the month...