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RAMADAN IN GAZA

Ramadan has a special place in every Muslim’s heart. We wait for it all year. As a small child, I remember my excitement at hanging colorful lanterns on the house. My parents taught my siblings and me to abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk. But the holy month of Ramadan started early for Muslims in Gaza this year. In some sense, we’ve been fasting since October.

The idea of fasting is to train yourself to be patient, to elevate your soul from mundane desires, to try to

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