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Ramadan 2017

Ramadan 2017

My First Ramadan Without Hijab  


Posted by Guest Contributor on 23 Jun 2017 / 0 Comments
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This has been my first Ramadan without hijab since 1997. After wearing hijab for close to twenty years, last year, sometime in August, I finally started leaving the house every day without covering my hair. I say “sometime” because removing it was a gradual process. At some point that summer, when the last distant cousin […]

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Ramadan 2017

A Month of Not Fasting


Posted by Krista Riley on 21 Jun 2017 / 0 Comments
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The first few years I fasted, I used to get a little irritated with friends who lamented the sometimes anti-climactic Canadian Ramadans that paled in comparison to Ramadan “back home” in Pakistan, Egypt, or Indonesia.  I mean, I could understand what they meant, and I knew it wasn’t a comment on my experience.  Fasting as […]

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Battling Nicely in Ramadan


Posted by shireen on 20 Jun 2017 / 0 Comments
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Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar is a powerful time. The Qur’an was revealed during this month. For those who choose and are able to, fasting is a prescribed form of worship and what I consider a spiritually and physically cleansing tool. But the month of Ramadan is also a month in which […]

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Good Intentions and the Stress of Hosting


Posted by sarabi on 19 Jun 2017 / 0 Comments
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Last summer, I did not return home at the end of the school year. Having spent the previous Ramadan fasting alone and in secret, I decided that going elsewhere for the following summer would allow me to be freer in my religious expression during the Holy Month. To this day I’m incredibly grateful for having […]

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Ramadan Prayers for Our Unborn Baby


Posted by amina on 13 Jun 2017 / 1 Comment
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My partner, Adam, and I are expecting our first child at the end of July. Frankly, I’ve never been so terrified or anxious about an impending event. While I’m not fasting, Ramadan gives me the time to dwell on all of the implications and transform them into desperate pleas and prayers. Here are the prayers […]

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The Unseen, the All-Omniscient and Ramadan


Posted by eren on 12 Jun 2017 / 0 Comments
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This year, I started Ramadan at the wedding of one of my childhood best friends. I jumped the hoops of border politics to be there at what will probably be one of the last Mexican weddings I will ever attend. After a decade of living in diaspora, it is just natural that my path is […]

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Ramadan Denial


Posted by anneke on 05 Jun 2017 / 2 Comments
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Over six months ago I gave birth to my fourth child. I had believed I was done at three. I had two beautiful girls and an equally beautiful son. They are healthy, smart and a joy to be around, and trying for more would have meant pushing my luck. At least, that is what I […]

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Moving Away from Food Shaming this Ramadan


Posted by Krista Riley on 31 May 2017 / 0 Comments
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Last week, I emailed the members of a small community that I coordinate in Montreal. The group aims to be a gender-equal, queer affirming, and overall open and welcoming Muslim space, and I have a deep love for the people within it. We’re an eclectic mix of backgrounds, levels of religiosity, and various other identities. […]

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Performing Ramadan


Posted by eren on 29 May 2017 / 0 Comments
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Sugar stares at me from the window as I light my last cigarette before Ramadan starts. I can tell she is judging me just looking at her angry furry face. All over social media people are wishing each other Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Karim. Some have made a pledge to fast from social media. Some […]

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Ramadan Karim!


Posted by Krista Riley on 28 May 2017 / 0 Comments
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All of us at Muslimah Media Watch wish our readers all the best this Ramadan! We’ve been quiet with our posts over the last few months, but we’ll be back for Ramadan with our usual series of personal stories and reflections. Stay tuned, and watch this page for links to the posts in our 2017 […]

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