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☆ Rearranging my work for Ramadan helped me avoid burnout year-round. I learned I don't have to be always available.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Anmol Irfan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Instead, I forced myself to try to do it all in an effort to prove that I could balance both work and worship. When the last Ramadan came around, I was already doing a part-time Quran course three days a week that was continuing throughout Ramadan. In addition to limited working hours, the hours I worked changed. This left me three hours to work on my writing before I had to leave for my Quran class. AdvertisementDuring Ramadan last year, Anmol Irfan scheduled her day so she was only working three hours each day.

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Every night during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the man would come along Rawoand Altatar’s street, banging on his drum and calling out to the faithful to wake them up for suhoor, the predawn meal. His nightly mission used to be lit up by Ramadan lamps and twinkling decorations. But this Ramadan, Ms. Altatar’s street is eerie. There are no decorations or electricity, and the street is surrounded by buildings destroyed or damaged in Israel’s bombardment. “There is no sense of Ramadan,” she said, referring to the month when Muslims fast all day.

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Palestinians told CNN the war has crushed hopes of observing a peaceful month of fasting, festivities and worship this year. “Many of our friends and loved ones were buried alive under the rubble,” Mohammed Hamouda, a displaced health worker in Rafah, told CNN. “There are many people who (already) fast like it’s Ramadan,” he told CNN in late February, as the celebrations approached. Palestinians told CNN they resort to eating water-based soup mixed with herbs, custard or finger-sized biscuits because they have no access to nutrient-rich foods. I don’t remember.”Muslims in Gaza told CNN they are determined to perform daily rituals to try and find moments of relief among colossal devastation.

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☆ This Ramadan, American Muslims say they feel urgent need to send aid to Gaza as threat of mass starvation looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Monica Haider | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On Friday, the European Union announced it’s opening an emergency maritime aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza with allies including the US. The day prior, President Joe Biden announced the US Military is planning to build a temporary port along the Gaza coast to try to deliver much-needed humanitarian relief. In 2023, the nonprofit Islamic Relief raised more than $30 million in online donations during Ramadan, according to a spokesman for the organization. The charity, Human Appeal, has provided humanitarian relief in Gaza since 1991, according to Samina Taj, the organization’s associate director of communications. Since the start of the war in Gaza, Taj said their teams have mobilized to try to meet the desperate need for aid.

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☆ How to work out and eat to maintain muscle and fitness while fasting during Ramadan
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

If you're conscious of holding on to your muscle during Ramadan, Abdalla recommends limiting cardio to twice a week and, like him, doing it after iftar. AdvertisementIf you want to do heavy weight training, Abdalla advises doing so early in the morning before suhoor (sunrise), so you can refuel properly afterward. Your fitness levels and physique may change temporarilyIt's important to be realistic — given your lifestyle changes during Ramadan, your fitness levels likely will too. Faisal AbdallaYou can maintain your weightWhile some people are worried about gaining weight during Ramadan, others tend to lose it. "If anything, people tend to lose weight, especially in these warmer months where the window for eating is significantly smaller.

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☆ Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, meaning month of fasting starts Monday for many
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Officials saw the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to the holiest sites in Islam, marking the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan for many of the world's 1.8 billion Muslims. Saudi state television reported that authorities there saw the crescent moon. However, there are some Asia-Pacific countries like Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, that will begin Ramadan on Tuesday after failing to see the crescent moon. In Saudi Arabia, the kingdom had been urging the public to watch the skies from Sunday night in preparation for the sighting of the crescent moon. The Palestinian territories will begin Ramadan on Monday as well.

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☆ Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Dearborn, Mich., and My City Feels Betrayed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Abdullah H. Hammoud | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Dearborn doesn’t sleep,” I recently told an out-of-state visitor to my hometown. It was a reference to the celebratory time of Ramadan, when our city breaks bread together for iftar at sunset and suhoor, before sunrise, each day. Dearborn does not sleep. Our entire city is haunted by the images, videos and stories streaming out of Gaza. Many of us lived it, and still bear the scars of life under occupation and apartheid.

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