FactorFiction left me a comment inquiring whether I was being sarcastic when I wrote that I was looking forward to the fast of Ramadan. I wasn’t! I realize that it is hard to see the appeal of fasting from dawn to dusk for thirty consecutive days, certainly many Muslims don’t look forward to it especially if they have to observe the fast in a non-Muslim country. Still it is not as punishing as it sounds; the sick, women who are pregnant, breast feeding or in their monthly period, and those who... Sign in to see full entry.