Reflections on Ramadan

What is your favorite part of Ramadan? My favorite part is definitely Taraweh [night prayers at the mosque] and kind of just being able to go to the masjid [mosque] and pray in the way that I do and being able to see my friends do it with me and things like that. Because it's easier knowing that there are people around you who are doing the same thing. It's just like a communal understanding. ...

What is your favorite part of Ramadan? Taraweh, because I just get to be with my friends and pray.  Do you get hungry, especially when others eat around you? I get hungry, like, about halfway through the day, like, usually when it's like, around lunch, but watching people eat isn't that bad, but sometimes looking at water makes me so thirsty. What is the hardest part of fasting at scho...

What is your favorite part of Ramadan? What I love about Ramadan is even though it's a religious thing… it makes you a better person.  Do you get hungry, especially when others eat around you? It doesn't bother me. That's the whole point--constraint--and it's good. I mean, if the whole time people were avoiding food because of me, I feel like it'd be like getting an easy way or cheatin...

What is your favorite part of Ramadan? Going to the masjid [mosque] and seeing people. That's fun. Do you get hungry, especially when others eat around you? Obviously, I get hungry, but seeing other people eat does make me hungry. But it's fine, I can handle it. It's not that bad. How do you balance school/ extracurriculars and Ramadan? I don't do my homework when I get home. I do it durin...