Oula Ghannoum is a Lebanese-Australian Muslim who has happy memories of Ramadan evening festivities during her childhood in Tripoli. Oula kindly provides an introduction to the religious and cultural significance of Ramadan for the interest of non-Muslim listeners and shares insights about how Ramadan is observed. This includes a description of prayer rituals at mosques and street food fairs and about Sawm (fasting) and Zakat (charitable giving).
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This conversation was first broadcast on the radio by 2SER 107.3FM
The theme music is derived from ‘Tuesday Morning’ by The Pogues written by Spider Stacy.
Image is by Nick Newsom via Shutterstock is of Ramadan in Lebanon.