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...event organized by the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) and Harvard Hillel, Muslim and Jewish students feasted on falafel and hummus after sundown to break the fasting observed during Yom Kippur and Ramadan...
...Jewish Holy Day occurred during the holiest month of the Islamic calendar this year and both groups abstained from food until sundown...
During the Muslim holy month Ramadan, observant students gather together for nightly dinners after fasting since dawn. Since last Saturday, the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) has been catering iftar, a breaking-of-the-fast, each night after sundown in Ticknor Lounge. “At my house, Ramadan is a very family gathering-oriented occasion,” said Hala Iqbal ’07, HIS campus religious activities liaison. “A group of people that meets every day sort of becomes your family. The thing about Ramadan is you’re meeting the same people every...
Palestinian Muslims are currently joining the faithful the world over in denying themselves food between sunrise and sundown. But while most Muslims elsewhere break their Ramadan fast with sumptuous iftar meals, those unfortunate enough to live in the West Bank and Gaza are finding that they have less and less to put on the table come nightfall. That's because they remain under a financial siege imposed by Israel, the U.S. and Europe, in the hope of forcing Hamas, the Palestinian ruling party, to recognize Israel. The premise of the siege strategy appears to be that by increasing Palestinian misery...
...sundown, I go to the nightly candle-lighting ceremony, which involves a woman playing violin and screeching like Enya caught in a tree. A person in a smiling sunflower costume made of felt is dancing to this screeching. At some point, she dances in front of me, leans in to my ear and says, "The people have spoken. The garden will stay." I am in a South Park episode come to life...