Why Ramadan is just as good for the body as it is the soul
With the holy month now halfway over, yoga teacher and fitness expert Jawaher Al Fardan asserts that it is possible to stay fit while fasting. Here's her advice on how.
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Ramadan diary: Qataris love to share food
In honor of a month that affects all Qatar residents, we are launching a Ramadan diary feature and invite your short (200-300 words) submissions. We are looking for anecdotes, thoughts,…
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Ramadan Diary: No respite from the Kafala system in the holy month
Despite reduced hours and lighter work load for most, hard work and difficulty navigating Qatar’s sponsorship system remain for Mohsin Hussein, who shared his views with us through an interpreter…
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Ramadan diary: Can you say, food glorious food?
Part six in our Ramadan Diary series is from London native Habiba Radcliffe, who adapted a recent blog post to explain how pleasantly surprised she was to enjoy her first…
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Ramadan diary: Why this month matters so much to a person as irreligious as me
Part five in our Ramadan Diary series comes to us from Vani Saraswathi, who looks forward to this time of the year not because she feels particularly spiritual, but because…
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Ramadan Diary: Confessions of a weary expat
The fourth in our Ramadan Diary series comes from Velvet Garvey, who blogs at Must Love Dust. Before Ramadan actually began, the non-Muslim Australian wrote us an enthusiastic piece about…
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Ramadan diary: Why I’m spending my month with controversial TV series ‘Omar’
UPDATE: Omar can now be viewed with English subtitles, MBC has said. — Part three of our Ramadan Diary series features Hassan Al-Ibrahim, co-founder of think tank FIKRA Consulting and Research. Al-Ibrahim,…
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Ramadan diary: Why a non-Muslim observes the fast in Qatar, three years in a row
Part two of our Ramadan Diary series comes to us from Glen McKay, a non-Muslim Canadian expat who has lived in Qatar for six years and has fasted for the last…
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