Category: Ramadan
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Diary of a Fasting Girl: Ramadan, Day Eight
June 25, 2015 A Meh Day Sucked. Tummy problems truly suck. Today was a day of constant acid reflex. I don’t know what I am doing wrong, as I am taking all the meds possible to feel better, eating healthy and light, and drinking loads of water in the time between Iftar and Suhoor. Sigh.…
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Diary of a Fasting Girl: Ramadan, Day Seven

June 24, 2015 Maybe Sleep will come…Now! ….Nooooo…. And that is the game I spent playing this morning for two hours, turning this way and that. But that evasive temptress we call sleep was just that — evasive. I tried fruitlessly in my bed, punching the pillow and mangling my blankets. And then it started…
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Pamphlet on Ramadan
Here is a pamphlet I made several year back during Ramadan to distribute in the neighborhood and in the local mosques.
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Diary of a Fasting Girl: Ramadan, Day Six
June 23, 2015 What a Lovely Day What a lovely day, indeed. I think I am finally falling into a healthy Ramadan routine. I was having a bit of trouble finding time to blog, but I was able to negotiate an hour after Fajr(morning prayer), which works beautifully, as it’s a time when everything is…
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Diary of a Fasting Girl: Ramadan, Day Three

June 20, 2015 When the Tummy is dowwwnnn… There’s something to be said about tummy issues. When the tummy isn’t feeling well, the day automatically rolls downhill. It hurts. Life looks gloomy and all activities seem arduous. The content-ness of the tummy is super important and since most of the time it is content, we…
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Diary of a Fasting Girl: Ramadan, Day Two
June 19, 2015 Annndddd… Not so much… Well, I mean I started off fasting, stoked for the day to come. I had it all planned out. I was going to wake up, shower, get dressed really nice and offer my Friday (Jumu’ah) Prayers… and that’s how it went, up to the part where I was…
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Diary of a Fasting Girl: Ramadan, Day One

June 18, 2015 Ramadan is here, rejoice!!! At long looooong last, Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar is here!! The beautiful month in which the Holy Quran, the holy book of Muslims, was revealed by Allah (God) upon our beloved Prophet, Muhammad bin Abdullah (Peace and Blessings be upon him). Hence, the reason…

