On the last night of Ramadan, my brother and I would anxiously wait for Eid, when we would get to wear our new clothes lying on our beds’ footboards — a tradition that comes from the prophetic Sunnah — and receive a few extra...
She sat in front of me, focusing on her plate silently for more than half an hour, and then suddenly left the table as the sun went down.
“Why did the woman leave so quickly?” I asked Aya, the young girl sitting next to me.
“Since...
For decades, Egyptians listened on the radio during the holy month of Ramadan to the beautiful voice of Sheikh Sayed Mohamed al-Naqshabandi as he recited prayers every evening before they broke their fast. The late munshid, one of the most...
Put on your long-sleeved jacket, take a deep breath, and get ready for one of the most relaxing tours ever in a 9-degree Centigrade cave in Germany.
Once you enter Atta cave you find yourself in a different world, wonderfully created out of...
“Wahawy ya wahawy/Eyaha/We kaman wahawy/Eyaha” — these are the introductory lyrics of our most popular Ramadan jingle. My brother and I have been singing them since we were 3 years old. But, as in English, “wahawy” and...