Here's a picture of the sun setting, as we're going to the family house for iftar [if-tar] {see wgaw archive: IFTAR }.  Iftar is the...

I first had legimart [legg-ee-maart] several years ago whilst driving through a village, two weeks before RAMADAN  [ram-a-dan].  It was Na...

Apricots [mish-mish] are a classic Middle Eastern taste and packets of dried apricots are sold like this, Kamaradine [cam-a-rra-deen] ...

Eid al Fitr [‘eed ul fit-terr] is the name of the holiday which follows the month of fasting during Ramadan; the first day for a month whe...

Laylat Jizra/ Lailatul Jaiza [lay-lat jiz-rra] or the 'Night before Eid' is known in English as the 'Night of Reward'.  Th...

Laylat al Qadr [lay-lat al kaa-der] or, the 'Night of Power', ' Night of Decree' or 'Night of Measures'  is the nigh...

The trauma of driving on the roads in Ramadan has to be experienced to be believed. The Middle East already has one of the highest death r...

Image Taken from: Ghabga press-release Years ago a group of friends, say 20 or so people, were likely to arrange to ea...

Marrat Iman Ali is not a night for celebration, but a night of remembrance. It was on this night in AD 663 Imam Ali bin Abi Talib was murd...

During Ramadan life changes completely, night becomes day and day becomes night, or so it feels.  In reality many Muslims in the GCC will...

Gargoan also spelt Gaagowan/ Gagowaan/ Garrgawan/ Gagoon/ Garrgowaan/ Qarqowan/ Qarkaan, etc., but all said in the same manner [garr-gaow-wa...

In the northern hemisphere the sun sets at a different time each day, either later each day (if it’s between December 21st and 21st June), o...

The desert/sweet/cake section at a 5 start hotel Iftaar buffet Food in Ramadan takes on a special significance and Iftar [if-tarr] is the me...

http://samah007.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/ramadan-mubarak-egypt.jpg The lanterns [faa-nooh] which have filled Egypt every Ramadan for hund...

For many years, during the month of Ramadan, cannons have been fired to indicate the sun has set. Hearing the cannon fire signals the day...

It's not easy to fast from sunrise to sunset, but it is possible and millions of people will choose to fast during daylight hours for th...

In a few days time Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, will start. In 2009 it is thought to start around Sunday 23rd August.  It sta...

Most nationals within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are Muslim (I'm guessing 98%) and Islam is the national religion of choice f...