{"id":89599,"date":"2025-03-27T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=89599"},"modified":"2025-03-27T20:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:15:12","slug":"the-loneliness-of-ramadan-for-muslims-far-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/the-loneliness-of-ramadan-for-muslims-far-from-home","title":{"rendered":"The loneliness of Ramadan for Muslims far from home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As the Islamic month is observed worldwide, how do students fast while navigating academic pressures, part-time jobs, and a longing for family? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">During this month, Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset to reflect on the sufferings of the poor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sky is turning dark, and Sadia is organising baked bean cans during her shift at Tesco. She is supposed to break her 12-hour fast with a meal at sunset, but her shift doesn\u2019t end until 8 pm. She\u2019s come prepared, though. There are dates in Sadia\u2019s bag. She\u2019ll have a few with water for now. A proper dinner awaits her once she\u2019s home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of miles away, in Multan, Pakistan, the sun set long ago. Sadia\u2019s family have already broken their fasts. Her mother sent her pictures of the dishes she\u2019d cooked, everything Sadia had grown up eating with her family. Everything that she misses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI never realised how lonely and tough spending Ramadan away from your family could get until I went through it,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was always magical, but not anymore. Not as an international student, at least.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadia is one of many students from Muslim countries who\u2019ve come to study in the Welsh capital. These students bring not just career aspirations but also fragments of experiences from their homelands, like celebrating the month of Ramadan with the rest of the Islamic world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims fast between sunrise and sunset to reflect on the sufferings of the poor, among other religious reasons. They begin their fasts with suhoor, a meal consumed at dawn. Later in the day, at sunset, Muslims gather to have iftar, a meal eaten to end the day\u2019s fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Families wake up&nbsp;in the early hours of the morning to eat suhoor, a meal eaten&nbsp;at dawn&nbsp;to begin&nbsp;fasting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For Sadia, the joy of Ramadan boils down to two things: family and food. \u201cYou wait to eat all those <em>pakora, samosa<\/em> and <em>chana chaat<\/em> during Ramadan all year long,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can have them other times of the year, too, but during this month, they just hit differently. Maybe because everyone comes together to eat them, everyone\u2019s so excited to eat everything on the table after a long day of fasting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Far away from family and everything familiar, Mohammed Ali Mahdi, from Lucknow, India, struggles to recreate the excitement of Ramadan given his busy schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a bit challenging as well as exhausting,\u201d he says. \u201cI have to break my fast during my work before I come back home and have a proper meal. Apart from that, you have to wake up, eat suhoor and then wake up again for either work or classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oftentimes, because of how packed Ali\u2019s routine is, he ends up having iftar and suhoor all by himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He longs for his hometown during Ramadan. Lucknow is where the fusion of Indian and Persian culinary heritage birthed dishes cherished across South Asia, be it Pakistan, India or Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city is buzzing with energy in the early hours of the morning when families, usually asleep at that hour, head to restaurants for suhoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are famous restaurants there where we eat <em>kebabs<\/em> and <em>sheer-maal<\/em> and all the dishes Lucknow is known for,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you go there at two or three in the morning, you will find 100s of people gathered there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Cardiff, going to restaurants for Iftar or Suhoor isn\u2019t as easy as it is in Lucknow. \u201cMany have fixed budgets,\u201d says Ali. \u201cThey can&#8217;t eat out every day. It&#8217;s pretty expensive here in the UK. So, you have to make iftar on your own, no matter how tired you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maram Abdel Samad from Mansoura, Egypt, also misses how Ramadan is celebrated back in her country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Wales-Refugees-3-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People get together in a mosque to perform Taraweeh, a special prayer performed during Ramadan. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Egypt, no matter which city you\u2019re in, the streets come alive at sunset. Families organise \u2018mercy meals\u2019 in their neighbourhoods, setting up long iftar tables laden with food for relatives, friends, and neighbours to break their fasts with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRamadan is so much more colourful in Egypt than it is here. You have family gatherings. You have more Ramadan-themed decorations,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maram\u2019s Iftar meals are very different from the ones she has back in her country. \u201cIf I&#8217;m preparing the food, I usually make wraps, something really quick to make,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a part-time job, and sometimes the timings are six to nine, during which Iftar falls. So, I make my meal, take it with me and eat it during the shift. It is either this or I just go to the mosque and eat something served there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maram believes that, in the absence of family, it is helpful for Muslims to find like-minded company. \u201cI would advise students to visit Islamic centres around Cardiff during Ramadan,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, you\u2019re missing your family. Yes, it is not the same. But it is going to make you feel much lighter if you have friends around you. Even if you don\u2019t have any friends, and you\u2019re going for the first time and feeling awkward about that, I\u2019m pretty sure you&#8217;ll meet someone new you can get along with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Islamic month is observed worldwide, how do students fast while navigating academic pressures, part-time jobs, and a longing for family?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1233,"featured_media":89602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1309],"class_list":["post-89599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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