Category: Islam
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Ramadan
This will be our second Ramadan in the UAE. I quite enjoyed the relaxed pace of things last Ramadan and look forward to a general slow down in this holy month. On a practical level, for us, it means that my work day is reduced to 6 hours (without a lunch break). Generally this means…
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Earlier in the week I signed myself and the kids up to participate in a trip to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque for February 16th. We were sent an itinerary, dress code and instructed to be promptly at the meeting place between 8:30 am and 9:00 am to be on the bus. 9:00 am came and…
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A Call to Prayer
One thing I have found surprisingly beautiful is the Call to Prayer. Mosques dot the landscape the same way LDS stake centres do in Utah. In each Emirate the timing of the prayer is a little bit different. Within the Emirate it is an amazing, surreal chorus that rings out across the land. Anna Zacharias…
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