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What is Ramadan? 🧐🕋🌛 Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim lunar year, it is a time of fasting, blessings and prayers to commemorate the revelation of the first verses of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad by the Holy Spirit Gabriel. It is a time when Muslims refrain from eating during daylight hours as an act of sacrifice that reminds them of the challenges of the poor. The daily meals become limited to two, the first of which is the “iftar” which is breaking the fasting that takes place immediately with sunset. The timing of the second meal - “sohour” - is variable according to personal preference, but usually delayed as much as possible until just before dawn. In between “iftar” and “sohour”, people are allowed to eat and drink liberally. After breaking the fast at sunset, the city comes to life with different activities, shopping malls and at the hotels, where Ramadan theme tents are set up and folkloric entertainment is held on a nightly basis. #iregipto #egyptpassion #discoveregypt #thisisegypt #ramadan2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Ul8GWHn2I/?igshid=1r3fxtkklgr7r

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Jordan’s young protesters say they learned from Arab Spring mistakes

Taylor Luck, CS Monitor, June 5, 2018

AMMAN, JORDAN--The men and women protesting in Jordan’s streets every night are brimming with energy and idealism.

They are young, politically aware, adamantly nonpartisan, and convinced that they are fortified with a wisdom that they say is their greatest strength: hindsight from the failures of the Arab Spring.

But do they have the sophistication and endurance to effect real change in this politically conservative and economically stretched Middle Eastern kingdom?

What began as a short strike over income taxes last week has evolved into a nationwide protest movement in Jordan. On Monday the protesters scored their first victory: the resignation of Prime Minister Hani Mulki.

But as activists gathered late Monday after breaking the Ramadan fast in Amman and across the country for the fifth straight night, hours after the Mr. Mulki’s ouster, they said they are only just beginning.

Like the young people who protested for democracy and greater freedoms in 2011, these protesters are young, knowledgeable, unemployed and under-employed, but that is where the comparisons end.

These new protesters, who were pushed to the streets by a proposed income tax law that would raise income tax by 5 percent on individuals and 20 to 40 percent on companies, are by and large independent: most are not affiliated with any political group. Protesters have so far avoided political language or controversial demands that may divide Jordanians.

Instead of being led by septuagenarian heads of traditional political groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood or the Communist Party, activists and organizers are in their mid-20s to early-30s. The old guard, they say, is not welcome.

“This is a Jordanian movement for the core causes that affect all Jordanians: taxes, unemployment, and corruption,” says Mohammed Hussein, a 26-year-old protester at the Prime Ministry Saturday night. “We do not want a group to hijack this movement for their own agendas.”

Activists say they are aware of recent history. They say Arab Spring movements were hijacked by Islamist-led opposition groups, quickly polarizing societies along Islamist/secular and nationalist/opposition lines.

Protesters in the streets over the last four days have not called for social justice, freedom, political reforms, “regime” reforms, or any structural changes to the political system--the talking points of opposition parties and overused phrases that have little currency now among young people.

Seasoned activists who do favor such changes say the time is not ripe and are keeping their thoughts to themselves to preserve unity.

Instead, the protesters have focused their demands solely on the economy: sacking the prime minister and reversing austerity measures that saw taxes imposed on goods ranging from lentils to pharmaceuticals, and fuel prices raised five times in five months.

“When we talk about reform and freedoms, it divided people because everyone had their own view and interpretation,” says Noor Freij, 30, a protester who took part in Jordan’s Arab Spring demonstrations. “But today when we talk about something concrete--such as taxes, corruption cases, and prices--we are united.”

“These are younger, educated, middle-class people who have been commenting on what is happening on social media now translating this online protest into a physical protest,” says Musa Shteiwi, analyst and director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan.

Analysts say the absence of political parties is part of a wider rejection by young Jordanians of traditional parties and ideologies.

“This generation has become disenchanted with both the politics from traditional parties and policies implemented by the government,” Mr. Shteiwi says. “This is refreshing for Jordan.”

Like many of his generation, Ahmed Sadeq, a 29-year-old entrepreneur with impeccable English, vented his criticisms of the government and issued his calls for change online, on Facebook and WhatsApp, as he saw government policies harming his business.

Mr. Sadeq spent two years working in carpentry in New Mexico before he decided to return to his homeland to open up a kitchen renovation store in Amman last year. Less than six months after opening his shop, the government raised taxes on goods across the board. Increased fuel prices doubled his transportation costs. In April, his orders dropped to zero.

On Friday, when he heard that people were demonstrating, he decided to protest for the first time in his life.

“We are not here to play politics, we are here because we can’t bear it anymore and we demand solutions,” Sadeq says. “The economic conditions are affecting Jordanians of every background and social status--that is what unifies us, and that is what we are here to change.”

The absence of opposition political parties or divisive language has even had an impact on interaction between protesters and security forces.

Social media outlets have been awash with photos of Jordanians shaking the hands of anti-riot police, offering them food and water, and even breaking for a pre-dawn sohour meal together before Ramadan’s day-long fast began.

In a festive atmosphere, young Jordanians chanted, danced, and sang. Some played the lute-like oud, while others blew into vuvuzelas and led soccer-match chants with a Jordanian twist. Protesters have come in many shapes: young men with their hair in buns and ankle-length pants, Harley-Davidson-jacketed young men, young women in designer jeans and overalls, and others in traditional abayas and hijabs.

“Corrupt, we are coming for you,” they chanted. “The Jordanian people are not cowards.”

Rather than calling on King Abdullah II to cede powers or reform governance--a demand that would be viewed by tribes and the establishment as a threat to their influence--many protesters are actually calling on the monarch to intervene and “clean house”: appoint a new government, dissolve parliament, and enact emergency decrees to freeze austerity measures.

“King Abdullah, where are you? They are stealing our country before our very eyes,” protesters chanted Sunday, the night before the monarch sacked Mulki.

On Tuesday, the king replied indirectly in his letter appointing Omar Razzaz as prime minister. Abdullah tasked the government with reviewing the tax system, removing “unjust” taxes, achieving “balance” of incomes for upper- and working-class Jordanians, and stimulating growth and job creation.

Yet late Tuesday, with no concrete steps yet to reverse the taxes, protesters indicated on social media that they were set to go back to the streets.

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🇬🇷Οτι πρέπει να γνωρίζετε αν αποφασίσετε να επισκεφτείτε   το Μαρόκο κατά την διάρκεια του Ραμαζανιού !!!

🇬🇧Everything you need to know if you decide to visit Morocco during Ramadan !!!

One of the two most important holidays is Ramadan, celebrated throughout the entire ninth month of the twelve-month Islamic lunar calendar. During this month, adult Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking. It commemorates the time that the Quran was revealed to the prophet Mohammed, and Muslims are encouraged to practice self-control and moderation and think of those in need. Many people perform extra prayers and dedicate time to reading the Quran every day during this month.There is no food or water throughout the day, but each evening brings a feast. After the siren or call to prayer sounds to signal the end of the fast for the day, there is a surreal stillness in the streets as everyone stops to eat. The traditional breaking of the fast meal includes dates, harira – a light tomato soup, sweet fried pastries, hard boiled eggs, and small savory items. Most families eat a dinner later in the night as well. Then, an hour or so before sunrise, fasters eat an early breakfast known as sohour to give them energy throughout the day. At the end of the month, there is a two-day festival known as Aid al-Seghir, to celebrate the end of the month. There is always mint tea and huge platters of sweets.Not everyone has to fast – children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, travelers, those who are weak or sick, and menstruating women do not have to fast. The fast days can be made up at a later time, or, for those who can’t fast, fulfilled by providing a meal for a poor person. Non-Muslims are also not expected to fast, but they are expected to refrain from eating or drinking in public. Ramadan is not usually a good time to travel in Morocco as a tourist. Many cafés and restaurants are closed during the day, as are some businesses. Public transportation may also be extremely crowded around Aid al-Seghir, as many people travel home to visit their families. If you are going to be in Morocco during Ramadan, it’s advisable to stay somewhere where you can cook your own meals during the day. Be prepared to avoid eating in public, even if you are hungry. It’s also especially important to be modest and respectful during this holy month. If you can manage these things, then be prepared for exciting and energetic evenings filled with lots of good food as the city comes back to life at the end of each day.

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Το Ραμαζάνι είναι μια από τις δύο πιο σημαντικές γιορτές των  μουσουλμάνων , γιορτάζεται καθ ‘όλη τη διάρκεια του ένατου μήνα του  δωδεκάμηνου ισλαμικού σεληνιακού ημερολογίου. Κατά τη διάρκεια αυτού του  μήνα, οι ενήλικες μουσουλμάνοι νηστεύουν από την ανατολή του ηλίου έως  την δύση του ,δεν τρώνε ,δεν πίνουν δεν καπνίζουν.. είναι μια γιορτή που  τιμά την αποκάλυψη του Κορανίου στον προφήτη Μωάμεθ και οι Μουσουλμάνοι  καλούνται να ασκήσουν αυτοέλεγχο και μετριοπάθεια και να σκεφτούν  εκείνους που έχουν ανάγκη. Πολλοί κάνουν επιπλέον προσευχές και  αφιερώνουν χρόνο στην ανάγνωση του Κορανίου κάθε μέρα κατά τη διάρκεια  αυτού του μήνα. Και ενώ όλη την μέρα δεν υπάρχει φαγητό ούτε ποτό ,  κάθε βράδυ είναι μια γιορτή. Ο ήχος μιας σειρήνας ή η κλήση για προσευχή  σηματοδοτεί το τέλος της νηστείας κάθε μέρας . Μια σουρεαλιστική  ατμόσφαιρα ακινησίας υπάρχει στους δρόμους καθώς όλοι σταματούν να  τρώνε. Το παραδοσιακό γεύμα μετά την λήξη της περιλαμβάνει χουρμάδες ,  harira που είναι μια ελαφριά σούπα ντομάτας, διάφορες γλυκές και αλμυρές  λιχουδιές , και βραστά αυγά. Οι περισσότερες οικογένειες  δειπνούν αργότερα το βράδυ. Στη συνέχεια, μια ώρα περίπου πριν από την  ανατολή του ηλίου, τρώνε   το πρωινό τους γνωστό και ως sohour για να  τους δώσει ενέργεια κατά την διάρκεια της ημέρας .Στο τέλος του μήνα,  υπάρχει μια διήμερη γιορτή γνωστή ως Aid al-Seghir, για να γιορτάσουν το  τέλος του μήνα του Ραμαζανιού.Στο τραπέζι υπάρχει πάντα τσάι μέντας και  τεράστιες πιατέλες από γλυκά . Δεν είναι υποχρεωτικό να νηστεύουν  όλοι – τα παιδιά , οι έγκυες και θηλάζουσες μητέρες ,οι ταξιδιώτες ,  άτομα που είναι αδύναμα ή άρρωστα, και οι εμμηνορροϊκές γυναίκες δεν  χρειάζεται να νηστεύουν. Οι μέρες νηστείας μπορούν να καλυφθούν αργότερα  για όσους δεν μπορούν να νηστέψουν , η στην θέση της νηστείας που δεν  μπόρεσαν να κάνουν να προσφέρουν ένα γεύμα σε έναν φτωχό. Οι μη  μουσουλμάνοι επίσης δεν είναι υποχρεωμένοι να κάνουν νηστεία, όταν όμως  είναι σε δημόσιο χώρο πρέπει να αποφεύγουν το φαγητό η το ποτό.Συνήθως  το Ραμαζάνι δεν είναι μια καλή στιγμή για να ταξιδέψετε στο Μαρόκο .  Πολλά καφέ και εστιατόρια είναι κλειστά κατά τη διάρκεια της ημέρας,  όπως και ορισμένα μαγαζιά. Τις ημέρες που γιορτάζεται το Aid al-Seghir  τα μέσα μαζικής μεταφοράς μπορεί επίσης να είναι γεμάτα από κόσμο καθώς  πολλοί ταξιδεύουν στους τόπους καταγωγής τους για να επισκεφθούν τις  οικογένειές τους. Αν όμως πρόκειται να επισκεφθείτε το Μαρόκο κατά τη  διάρκεια του Ραμαζανιού,καλό θα ήταν να επιλέξετε να μείνετε κάπου όπου  μπορείτε να μαγειρέψετε κατά τη διάρκεια της ημέρας. Πρέπει επίσης να   είστε προετοιμασμένοι να αποφύγετε το φαγητό σε δημόσιο χώρο ,ακόμα κι  αν πεινάτε . Κοιτάξτε , και αυτό είναι ιδιαίτερα σημαντικό ,να είστε  σεμνοί , ο σεβασμός κατά τη διάρκεια αυτού του ιερού μήνα είναι μια  έκφραση πολιτισμού και παιδείας . Εάν μπορείτε να διαχειριστείτε όλα  αυτά , τότε ετοιμαστείτε να ζήσετε συναρπαστικές γεμάτες ενέργεια  βραδιές να απολαύσετε υπέροχα φαγητά καθώς οι πόλεις ζωντανεύουν στο  τέλος κάθε ημέρας.

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It's close to 3:00 a.m. at my place...

Starting my last sohour for this Ramadan in sha Allah... Looking for the moon after Fajr... If the New Moon comes, Eid mubarak on Sunday... In sha Allah...

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Juhayna Yoghurt El King - After Working out from Marwan Imam on Vimeo.

We created a series of sweet and short copies to push Juhayna's larger size yoghurts before Ramadan (2019) which is when more and more yoghurt is consumed during sohour hours.

Agency: Peace Cake Director: Marwan Imam Creative: Yahia el Sady, Ahmed Safi DoP: Adham Zahran Producer: Amira Sherif Art Director: Salma Jalabi Food Stylist: Rana Sarrouf Costume Stylist: Asmaa El Alawy Post: Circle Graphics: Hazem Ragheb 2/5

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Science, Religion And Personal Development

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Learning to use this knowledge in a way that can change your life is the very basis of personal development. The reason why it is so hard for most of us to grasp this concept, never mind use it to our advantage, lies in the fact that most of our life experiences and material objects are created and attracted to us by our subconscious thoughts. It is the automatic thoughts you think that are responsible for creating your life! Most of these thoughts are negative in nature.

Cupofnature co szukasz o soku z brzozy

You choose you race from the Terrans, Nivelians or Vossk, and the game assigns you a server, where your galaxy Shroud Nebula is. You build your structures, colonize planets, expand your reach, but most importantly - make friends. Alone, or allied, you will face Naturalny ketchup z cukinii off your competitors, and the fights will depend on the might of your fleet. Even though there is a visual presentation of the combat, the action is mostly in building up the fleet and upgrading it - stats and micro-management is the key in strategy games. Cucumbers are a valuable source of conventional antioxidant nutrients including vitamin C, beta-carotene, and manganese. In addition, cucumbers contain numerous flavonoid antioxidants, including quercetin, apigenin, luteolin, and kaempferol. In animal studies, fresh extracts from cucumber have been shown to provide specific antioxidant benefits, including increased scavenging of free radicals and increased overall antioxidant capacity. Fresh cucumber extracts have also been shown to reduce unwanted inflammation in animal studies. Cucumber accomplishes this task by inhibiting activity of pro-inflammatory enzymes like cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2), and by preventing overproduction of nitric oxide in situations where it could increase the likelihood of excessive inflammation. Lobster is composed with mineral content, which is required for the body to function normally. Selenium, the trace element, aids the immune system and thyroid gland. High in copper diets like lobster can prevent bone and tissue diseases. The vitamin B12 is essential for healthy nerves and red blood cells. Phosphorus contributes to proper kidney function and decreases arthritis pain. Zinc promotes increase of brain activity, boosts immune system, and provides a healthy reproduction system. Potassium contributes to improve the heart functions. Henson is 62 years old, grew up in Sacramento and spent his formative years in The San Francisco Bay area. Influenced by the art and social movements of the 60's he painted backdrops for theater productions like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and musical acts like Jimi Hendrix. Mark attributes meditation as a source of much of his inspiration. He first learned about it at a talk given in San Francisco by the founder of Integral Yoga, Satchidananda Saraswati.

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Encounter first day

Wow, what a long and intense day. As I'm writing im laying on my bed in Beit Sahoura, a connecting town of Beit Lehem. But let me get back to this morning. We hopped on a bus from the Inbal hotel over to a Palestinian farm maybe 15 minutes away in the gush etzion block. It was right next to the Israeli Settlement Neve Daniel. The farm is in possesion of the Nasser family which has owned the land since 1916. Daoud Nasser, who now runs the farm came to talk to us in a cave on the farm where he established an organization called the "tent of nations." He spoke to us about the struggle of living with settlers surrounding him on the surrounding hills that all used to be Palestinian farmland. His family has only been able to keep the farm because they registered the land with several governments in 1916 and have papers to show their rights to it, however, it doesn't go without terrible struggles of having to hold his land through non-violent means for the past generations. He shared poignant accounts of the IDF coming and tearing down 25,000 apricot trees ten days before the apricot harvest. From there we got on our bus with our tour guide for the morning Naor, a young palestinian fellow, who showed us around a point near a village and pointed out where the security fence was and where the IDF wants to move it to. Then we got back on the bus and went basically to Kever Rachel, except on the other side of the wall, in an area technically designated as Area C, even though it's on the Palestinian side of the wall, meaning that the few families who live there still have to pay dues to the IDF yet don't get any sorts of benefits. From there we had a nice lunch and I talked with our Palestinian security guard Hussein, who worked in training the commando forces of the PA. After inquiring, he let me in on the fact that life in the big cities is pretty chill and normal like most other places. People are out drinking and clubbing on the big nights and the dating/sex scene is pretty similar to most other Western places. After that we went over to the main square in Bethlehem next to the church of nativity and had a nice explanation about how Muslims and Christians get along. Next we went to this hotel where we had a couple of different activities. First off we had a choice of four shiurim we could go to. The one I chose was "Connecting to the Land in Texts," where we looked at different passages from Tanakh relating to the land of Israel and it's importance and obligations that come with it. After that we had an extremely interesting segment with two young Palestinians one from Beit Sahoura and the other from Hebron. They were both articulate and inspiring and spoke about how the occupation has affected their lives. A common theme among all that I'd talked to was that the only "Israelis" or "Jews" that they had met were soldiers, and naturally, there wasn't the greatest perception of them. It was overall interesting to hear first hand from some kids around my age how they view what's going on around them. Another theme that was prevalent was the idea of being "caged in." Before yesterday I had mostly seen it just as "the other side," and now it's sort of hard to see it as that now. After that we got into our smaller groups and unpacked the day a little bit. We then went to do some activities and play games with the families that would be hosting us for the night. At dinner we sat with our host families. Micah and I met our hosts Maher, Mahers mother Souda, and Mahers 17 year old son Immanuel. We had great conversation over the traditional Palestinian dish of Maklube -- literally meaning "upside down" -- because of the way they take the pot full of rice and veggies and throw it upside down onto a big plate. After dinner Immanuel walked us back to their house in Beit Sohour. They had a nice house in which the Souda and her husband live together on the first floor and above Maher and his brother. We were showed our room and Immanuel hung out with us and shared stories about his friends and family that were extremely hard to hear. He also passed across a heartfelt message about how despite all of the terrible things he's had happen to him and friends he still has peace in his heart and he believes that he can spread it to the world. Then we hit the billiards club! It was the pre-opening night of a new billiards club in the neighborhood so he took us to play. We met some of his older brothers friends there and played a game of pool with three people by number of the ball, unexpectedly I won! We had a great time messing around and getting to know eachother and I hope I'll be able to go back some day and visit. When we got back it was already late and we had a long day and another long day to go, so we hit the sack and passed out pretty fast.