On Monday, we had a Ramadan assembly to educate our audience and celebrate this year’s upcoming Ramadan. Our aim this year was to focus more on our personal experiences of fasting.

After an introduction by Gigi and Dr El-Akel on charity and the month itself, I presented a vlog I had made. This was to document what a day in my life looks like when fasting, on a week day: waking up just before five, being at school and then breaking my fast. Afnan then shared what she usually does during suhoor and iftar.

Two girls from the Upper Fifth then talked about taraweeh prayers, their experiences at the mosque during this month, and Laylat al Qadr. To finish off, we heard from Gigi about personal acts of charity that her an her family does during this holy month and the health benefits of it.

Mona Djoudi, Upper Sixth