Festive Nights in Za’atari During Ramadan

 

Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, started on June 6 this year.

To enhance their sense of faith, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, refraining from taking any water or food. This practice also has the purpose of experiencing what it is like to be hungry or poor and strengthening compassion towards people in poverty.

In Jordan, the daytime temperature has recently been rising above 35 degrees Celsius. Residents of the camp stay in caravans during the day to avoid thirst, leaving the streets mostly empty.

【Empty streets in the daytime】

 

 

 

 

 

But after sunset, the Champs-Elysees becomes full of people. During Ramadan we see a lot of women, who usually do not walk around at night.

【Crowded Champs-Elysees during Ramadan at night (photo by Husam Al-Yousif)】

 

 

 

 

 

The meal after sunset is called iftar, and the meal before dawn is called suhoor. People celebrate Ramadan through the night praying or joining parties held with relatives and neighbors.

【Suhoor, the meal at 3 o’clock in the morning (photo by Ehkalas Sakar)】

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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