MY FIRST FASTBy Abdurrahman Jamal 6 years My first fast in Ramadhan was on the 7th of Ramadhan. I did not keep a fast for the whole day. But I did not eat much – just breakfast. I ate for breakfast a bowl of porridge. And then I fasted all the way to Iftaar. In school during story time I saw Shahida going for a drink of water. Then I wanted to have some water. What I did not realize was that I was fasting. Then my teacher stopped me and said I was fasting. Then the story went on. It was about Prophet Mohammed (SAW). And when we finished the story I realized that my mother had not packed snack or lunch. Then I also realized she hadn’t even given me a lunch basket. I felt a bit hungry but I was patient. I went home in the van. And once I went home, I fell asleep. Later at Iftaar everyone said Takbir for me. What they didn’t know was that I was hungry but patient. For Iftaar, we ate some dates. Then I ate a honey bread and drank a lot of Roohafza. By the end of Iftaar I drank two glasses of water. Then we had some kanji. Later my mom put some keema inside my kanji while my father mixed the keema inside the kanji. And we also had some Tirumalai Strawberry ice-cream for desert. And later on we had dinner. What was for dinner was lasagna and what was for desert was chocolate cake. I felt really full after we finished. When I was semi fasting I felt really hungry but patient. Later at bedtime I slept off and today is the 8th of Ramadhan. By Maryam Anas. 11 years
 ONE DAY IN RAMADHANBy Mujahid ul Islam, 12 years. It was dark when I woke for Suhur. It was 4:00 o clock. My mother told me to go brush my teeth. I brushed and went to eat Suhur. I ate rice and chicken. I drank milk. I went to the mosque and prayed dawn prayer and came back to the house. I was feeling so sleepy that I slept. I woke at 8:00 o clock and got ready to go to school. At school I read Quran and did the class work. At 1:30 I got a little thirsty when I was going to my house. It was hot and sunny. I slept and woke up and prayed Asr. I went to the mosque and made dua for everyone. It was 6:47. There was only 3 minutes more. At that time I was so hungry. After 3 minutes I drank water and my stomach was full. After Iftaar I prayed Maghrib and went ot my house and read 1 juz of the Quran. I prayed Isha, Tarawih and Witr and slept at 11 o clock. By Huda Sultana, 7 years
 My RamadhanBy Alyina Ibsan, 13 years Ramadhan is a holy month for Muslims. We fast every day in this month. In Ramadhan I get up half and hour before dawn and eat food for my suhur. My sister is a soccer star, she kicks me out of the bed. After that I brush my teeth cursing myself for sleeping late. At suhur, I eat with my joint family. We eat ghee rice, chicken and dosa. After suhoor we pray our dawn prayer. Then I sleep till 8:00. I have my bath and go to school.Today at school our teacher tells us about Ramadhan. My hunger is forgotten in the school hours. After coming home I sleep for a little while. I read the Quran after I get up from sleep and then I make dua (supplication) for my family and friends. Before sunset, my mother calls me for helping her at the dining table. After sunset, the whole family sits around the table. And we break our fast by drinking Zam Zam (Holy water) or eating dates. Then we eat different kinds of food like samosa, burger, pizza, potato balls, French fries, fruit salad, different types of chicken etc. Then we drink Nannari. After we break our fast we pray our sunset prayers. At night we go to the mosque and pray our night prayers as well as our Tarawih prayers. (A special prayer prayed in Ramadhan). After that I go to my room and sleep till my sister makes her next soccer goal! By Siddiqa, 9 years
 RAMADHAN IN PALESTINEBy Nusaibah Anas, 8 years “Glory to Allah who took his servant for a journey by night from the masjid Al Haram to masjid Al Aqsa” (Surah Isra:1) Palestine is situated in Asia. It is between the 29.30 latitude and the 33.15 latitude and between the 34.15 longitude and 35.40 longitude. In Arabic Palestine is called filestin. The capital is Jerusalem and the currency is pounds. They speak Arabic and the religion is Islam. The population of 2009 is 40,43,218. It is ruled by Israel. In Palestine a person stands with a drum to wake up people for suhoor. They eat a light meal for suhoor. In a hill there is a cannon and when it goes off, it means its time to break our fast. In Palestine they carry a lantern named “Fanoosia”. They carry it with candles burning brightly inside them. They go to the masjid to pray maghrib. And when it is time to pray Isha they pray and also pray Tarawih. Ramadhan Recipe: Demjeddera Ingredients:
Instructions Cook lentils in 3 cups of water for about 45 minutes or until tender. Drain and set aside. In a large pot over medium heat, heat olive oil. Add onion and sauté about three minutes or until translucent. Add garlic, pepper, cumin seeds and rice. Sauté the ingredients for about two minutes. Stir constantly so that the spices don¹t burn. Next, water and salt, to taste. Bring the mixture to a boil, cover, and cook for 40 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and allow it to sit for 10 minutes, covered. Stir the lentils into rice, and add more salt to taste. Top with a dollop of yogurt. Serves 4 to 6. (From http://ramadan.holidayscentral.com/food-and-recipes/demjeddera-recipe-ramadan)
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MY FIRST FASTby Huda Sultana, 7 years In Ramadhan we fast. Last year I fasted for the first time. I was 6 years old. My mother woke me up. I ate roti with korma. I slept. And then I woke up for dawn prayer and I prayed my prayer. I felt like drinking water but I didn’t drink. I got an idea to make “Dhikr” because Allah would be so happy. And then I revised some chapters of the Quran. The school gave a holiday for Ramadhan. I was feeling sleepy. I slept till the afternoon prayer. I prayed my Dhuhr prayer. I felt like drinking or eating something. But I didn’t eat or drink. I made dua for the poor because the poor don’t get food. They don’t have any place to keep it. They don’t have any money. It was time for Iftaar. My father bought a big cake because I kept a first full fast. My father bought a Milky bar for me only and for the others a 5 star bar. My mother cut fruits – apple, banana, guava. My mother made French fries and pizza – vegetable pizza. We ate all the things. And we ate the cake too. I drank rose milk with khubza. I felt so happy because my father brought so many things and my mother cooked many things because I KEPT MY FIRST FULL FAST! By A.T. Nadhira, 14 years
 MY RAMADHANBy Maryam M. Anas, 11 years Its Ramadhan tomorrow. We all will fast tomorrow. I can’t wait to fast for Allah. In Ramadhan we fast, pray, do dhikr, and read Quran.Hurray, Alhamdulillah today is Ramadhan and I am fasting. I am so happy. I ate suhoor in the early morning at 3oclock. I ate rice and yogurt for suhoor. When the fajr adhan was called, we stopped eating and drinking. If we are late then we should just have 3-6 dates and a cup of water. We should not think we are fasting so we should eat a lot. When I came back from school, I slept for sometime because I felt tired. Then I got up and read Quran for sometime. Then the Asr adhan was called and we prayed. Then I read storybooks for sometime. It is time for Iftaar. We have some dates, water and kanji. I eat vada, bhajji, porridge and drink rose milk, water, dates and idly. When it is Iftaar time something or the other spills. Like one time a jug of rose milk spilt fully and not a drop was left for us to drink. After having those I prayed Maghrib. Then the Isha Adhan is called. We pray Isha and then pray Tarawih. Tarawih is a long night prayer. It is very special. MY RAMADHANBy S.D. Samreen, 8 years Assalamu Alaykum. I am going to write about Ramadhan. Ramadhan is a peaceful month. Ramadhan is a fasting and giving zakah month. Every muslim will be happy. Last Friday I kept a full fast. My daddy bought a full Ar reef chicken because I kept a full fast. One day he bought me bhajji for my Iftaar. My father bought rose milik, bhajji, Ar Reef Chicken. My fasting is VERY VERY NICE.MY FIRST FASTBy Siddiqa, 9 years
My first fast was when I was 6 years old and I kept the whole month full fast. My father woke me but still I was sleeping. My father saw that and so my father pushed me but still it took half and hour to get up. Then I went to the toilet, brushed my teeth. I ate my suhoor. I went to pray my dawn prayer. Then I went to sleep. My mother said “To bath so that it will be easy in the morning to go to the school”. When I went to school, I played tennis. I was thirsty. I thought I can drink water but still I suffered and did not drink and after that I prayed my afternoon prayer. I slept and woke up at 4o clock. I prayed my evening prayer and after 2 ½ hours it was time for Iftaar. I ate chaat items, junk food, subzah (rosemilk). I prayed my sunset prayers and played for one hour. I had a sunny hot brownie and prayed my night prayer and slept only 4 hours.
By Aisha Safia Jamal, 9 years  RAMADHAN IN MOROCCOBy Sumaiyyah Hairu Anas, 10 years The country Morocco is in North Africa. The climate in Morocco is hot and dry summers and cold and wet winters. There are many citrus fruits growing there ex. Orange etc. There are also grasses in the grasslands. Camels are famous in Morocco. There are high mountains called Atlas Mountains. They are divied into three parts: High, Ante and Middle Atlas. Morocco’s capital is Rabat. Its currency is Dhirham. Its government is a monarchy. The language of Morocco is Arabic. Their religion is Islam. The population is 33,757,179 (2007) In Ramadhan in Morocco class hours are changed. Prayer times are taken very seriously and many muslims go to the mosques so many times a day. Most of the cafes and restaurants are closed during the day, some close for the entire month. At sunset, in Morocco is signalled by the sound of the siren and lightings of lamps in all city minarets, an amazing sense of calmness takes over the streets as the fast is broken for the day. There are some Ramadhan recipes: Chebakia, Harira, Stuffed dates, Makrabat with dates and honey, Hisona Belbona, Semolina soup, Moroccan Sellou, Almond Brioults, Cheese fillets, Petite Pain au chocolate. Moroccan recipe for Ramadhan: Chebakia Ingredients 5 pounds of flour 4 pounds of butter 2 pounds of seseeme seeds 1 tablespoon of cinnamon 12 pounds of honey Sunflower oil Method Put all the ingredients (not the honey) in a food processor and make a paste. Cut small pieces and roll them out very thing. Put them in the oven tray in swirly designs and leave them in the oven for 18 minutes to rise. Then deep fry them in sunflower oil until they go a golden brown. Take them out and soak them in honey for 12 minutes and lastly sprinkle the seaseme seeds and you are done. Enjoy!
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MY FIRST FASTBy Shaheedha, 7 years. The people fast in Ramadhan. Fasting means we should not eat and drink water. Not only water, we should not eat anything. We read Quran, do Dhikr, pray salah (prayers) and fast. We should not fight and say bad words to others. This is my first fast. I was so thirsty and hungry. It was afternoon time. I prayed. And went to sleep. When my mother woke me up I was so tired that I could not open my eyes. I asked my mother if it was time to go home. My mother smiled and said “Come and eat food. It is time for Iftaar”. I had some dates and water. After eating those I went and prayed Maghrib. And then I ate cake, cookies, and grapes and drank orange juice. It was time for Isha. I prayed Isha and Tarawih. Tarawih is a special long prayer prayed in the night. After Tarawih I went to sleep very tired. I love Ramadhan.YUSUF'S RAMADHANBy Mujahid-ul-Islam, 12 years Once upon a time there was a poor family. There were Muslims. There were four members in their family. The father's name was Abdullah. Mother was Aminah. Sister was Umm Kulthum and the brother was Yusuf. Yusuf was a pious and religious boy. The neigbourhood children didn't like Yusuf and his family. They called him bad names and beat him sometimes, because he was Muslim. Yusuf heard that the next day was Ramadhan. So his family and he woke at 3:30am. They cooked and ate suhur. Yusuf went to school. At school, his classmates asked Yusuf whether he was fasting. Yusuf said he was fasting. The classmates started to joke and threw stones and dirty water on Yusuf. But Yusuf told them "I amd fasting, so don't hurt me." One day a boy threw a stone on Yusuf and Yusuf started bleeding. So he was admitted in the hospital but still he didn't leave his fast. He was patient because Allah would reward him. He thought that Ramadhan was bad for him that year. After some days, the neighbourhood children started wondering why Yusuf was so patient. They asked him and hed explained about Islam and Ramadhan to them. The children understood and reverted to Islam. They also convinced their parents to become Muslim. Yusuf thought that this was his best Ramadhan. SIGHTING THE MOON: A STORY By Alyina Ibsan, 13 years
 There was a boy who was all alone by himself sighting the moon. He remembered the days when he and his brother enjoyed sighting the Ramadhan moon together. He brother loved him so much. But 2 years ago, his brother was killed in the war. He was an orphan since when he was a child. His only family was his brother. But now he had no one to share the joy with. He looked at the moon and he wished that his brother was there with him. RAMADHANBy Sumaiyya Hairu Anas, 10 years. This festival is about Ramadhan. We fast, we read Quran, we make dua, we make dhikr, and many other things. My mother woke me up for suhoor. It was 3:00. It was very dark outside. I went and brushed my teeth. I helped my mother set the things for sahar. I had fish and rice for sahar. After sahar, I prayed my dawn prayer and then I went to sleep. Then I woke up at 8:00 to get ready to go to school. In the school, I felt very thirsty. When I went home I changed my clothes and went to sleep for sometime. Then I woke up and read Quran. Then my father told it was time for iftaar. I closed my Quran and helped my father set the things for Iftaar. My mother made rosemilk, cut the fruit and made vada. I took the zam zam water and the dates. After eating Iftaar I prayed my evening praer. I read a little bit of Islamic stories and watched an Islamic programme. I ate my dinner and prayed my night prayer. I love to fast. By Sumaiyyah Hairu Anas, 10 years
 MY RAMADHANBy Nusaibah M. Anas, 8 years In Ramadhan we fast, we make dua, we make dhikr and read Quran and do so many other things. In the early morning we wake up and eat suhoor. When the fajr adhan is called, from then on we must not eat anything till sunset. But we must pray all the prayers and read Quran and do anything that would please Allah. Then before Maghrib adhan is called, we must get ready for iftaar. That’s wen we break our fast. When the maghrib adaan is being called, we break our fast by eating dates and drinking water. Then we drink kanji and go for prayers. When we finish our prayers, we can have something to eat. Then the Isha adhaan is called we must go for prayer and Tarawih. Tarawih means a prayer that is prayed in the night as a long prayer. That is how we spend a day in Ramadhan.RAMADHAN IN YEMENBy Mudassir, 8 years
Yemen is in Asia near Saudi Arabia. It is a hot desert. The capital of Yemen is San’a. It is near the Arabian Sea. It is north of Gulf of Aden. Red Sea is west of Yemen. The area is 203,600 sq mi. The population is 18,978,035. The religion is Islam. They speak in Arabic. The currency is Yemeni Rial. In Yemen they grow date trees and black coffee trees.
In Ramadhan there is no traffic and no stores opened. No children in the street because they went to school because today is Ramadhan. They will sleep till Dhuhr. In Yemen they have a cannon. Means a gun. When iftaar times comes, it starts to shoot. And they have a big plate of cooked camel in mosque for iftaar. After iftaar they go to the mosque and pray Maghrib salah. And they stay in mosque. They pray Tarawih salah. By Nusaibah Anas, 8 years
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