The traditions that come with Ramadan can be hard on students' sleep schedules and routines, but they literally rise to the occasion.
Zara Hasan, 15, a freshman at Naperville North High School, relaxes with her junior varsity soccer team during a practice on April 11, 2023. Hasan is fasting during daylight hours while in observance of Ramadan.
“I actually feel like sometimes I’m more focused when I’m fasting and the adrenaline kicks in,” she said. “I don’t know, maybe because I’m not thinking about eating or anything else.” “I really think young people are finding their agency,” he said. “It is something to be dependent on your parents for food, clothing and shelter. But fasting is sort of a form of independence. It is a declaration. I think they’re engaging in it and there’s a sense of accomplishment that comes along with fasting.”
“I feel like I’m less hungry after Ramadan,” she said. “I know that feeling now of not eating during the day and it makes you understand what other people go through.” The challenges of going without food or water vary from day to day, said Aly, who wakes up around 4:30 a.m. to make himself a noticeably lighttamr bel laban“Normally, when I eat something heavy, I get hungrier during the day,” he said, adding that he also drinks five glasses of water before dawn., or the call to prayer that plays on an app on his phone, before offering, and tries to get some more sleep before school.
Abdullah Abouhaiba, 15, passes out dates during an iftar Ramadan dinner fast-a-thon at Oswego High School, April 5, 2023, in Oswego. During the day, Muslim students from Oswego High School invited non-Muslim students to join their fast for the day and participate in an iftar, breaking of the fast meal.
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