Ramadan

We are back in Tripoli and Ramadan is here. I don't fast and it is just so difficult to cope with a day without lunch. The interesting thing about Ramadan here is the 12 hour time shift to all the aspects of life. Working hours are from 9-15 which is just a blink of the eye. Many people go to work at 10 and by 2:30, many start to pack their bags. The real life starts very late at night and people may stay out till morning before another day of fasting. Coming back from Italy, our flight landed around 2:00 a.m and so early in the morning we found the streets jammed with cars and shops open. Last night, we did our grocery shopping around 10:30 p.m! At work, anything important shall be planned before noon time especially if it is a meeting with local customers. People may think more about the fact that they are hungry than thinking about what you say.

Fasting with this fashion is something that I am not able to connect to. It looks so much like a duty or a habit than a spiritual thing. I was told that the merit is to feel the hunger and thrust and share your food with the poor. Instead, people eat so much before sunset and so much after the sunset and so little during the day, thinking about next time that they shall be eating again. It was the same in Iran...although there are people who really enjoy the spiritual part and test their endurance in life with fasting, for many others, Ramadan is just a good excuse for working less.

Comments

[MOHAMED A.BUKRA]

HOW ARE YOU TO TALK ABOUT RAMADAN, IF THE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING, YOU JUST A VISITOR TO THIS COUNTRY, AND YOU LIKE IT OR NOT NOBODY ASK YOU TO GIVE YOUR IDEA.

ABOUT THE EATING, IT IS WRONG WHAT EVER YOU SAID THAT WE ARE EATING TOO MUCH, WE ARE EATING TWICE A DAY, JUST AFTER THE SUNSET AND BEFORE THE SUNRISE.

I was told (HOW TOLD YOU)that the merit is to feel the hunger and thrust and share your food with the poor (DID YOU UNDERSTAND IT OR YOU ARE A REPEATER).Fasting with this fashion is something that I am not able to connect to (HOW ASK YOU TO CONNECT TO, NOBODY LIKES YOU TO CONNECT), IF THIS IS YOYR IDEA PLEASE STAY AWAY DURING RAMADAN, AND BETER FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR VACATION DURING RAMADAN.

our flight landed around 2:00 a.m and so early in the morning we found the streets jammed with cars and shops open (WHAT ABOUT THE STREETS IN YOUR COUNTRY DAYS BEFER CHRESTMAS AND DURING CHRESTMAS, IS IT JAMMED WITH CARS AND PEOPLE OR NOT)

LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF CHRESTMAS? WHAT YOU SHOULD DO DURING CHRESTMAS? DID YOU GO TO THE CHURCH? BY OTHER MEANS ARE YOU A CHURCHGOER? DID YOU LIVE THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE CHRESTMAS OR YOU JUST WAITING FOR THE CHRESTMAS DAYS TO HAVE YOUR VACATION TO GO FOR DRING ALCOHOLICS? DID YOU TEST THE REAL MEANING OF CHRESTMAS? ANY WAY, I DONT THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHAT MEANS CHRESTMAS? FOR THAT YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO TALK ABOUT RAMADAN.