Ramadan

Fasting and Dates: A Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr Story (Festival Time)

Books in the Festival Time series describe the activities of typical families as parents and children celebrate some of their culture’s major holidays. Attractive color illustrations on every page will appeal to younger children. The simply yet delightfully told stories describe the festivities while giving children background information about holidays in many different cultures. A two-page spread at the back of each book contains information for parents, and includes suggestions on ways to communicate the holiday’s meaning to kids. A typical Muslim family celebrates the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. In 2004, Ramadan lasts for the entire 30-day lunar month from October 16 through November 13. In 2005, it occurs from October 5 through November 3. It is the time of year for parents and older children to fast, give special praise to God, and be charitable to the poor and needy. The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr occurs on the day following the last day of Ramadan. Families welcome this festival with an elaborate meal attended by extended family and friends. Traditional foods are eaten, including dates and pomegranates.

Ramadan (Rookie Read-About Holidays)

Rookie Readers actively engage young readers, encouraging language development, building fluency, and promoting independent reading. By targeting a skill, like being able to write and speak consonants, young readers are building fundamental reading skills with the help of fun, lively, colorfully illustrated stories.

Ramadan

The meaning of this Islamic holiday and how it is celebrated.

Ramadan (On My Own Holidays)

Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr: With Praying, Fasting, and Charity (Holidays Around the World)

Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the fast's end, are sacred times for millions throughout the world. Celebrate Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr examines the reasons for the month-long dawn-to-dusk fast and observes some of the wide variety of celebrations at the end of the fast worldwide.

Deborah Heiligman's text examines the historical, religious, and cultural aspect of this Muslim holiday. The book's beautiful photographs are complemented with a map pinpointing the exact locations illustrated. The extensive back matter also includes a list of further resources such as books and Web sites, useful for the research student and paper writer in grades one to four.

The book's consultant, Dr. Neguin Yavari gives an explanatory note about the religious and cultural significance of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr.

Three Muslim Festivals

Celebrating Ramadan

An Islamic family observes a month of prayer and fasting, which is followed by celebration.

Celebrate Ramadan (Celebrate Holidays)

Ramadan: Motivating Believers to Action : An Interfaith Perspective

Ramadan is not just a month of fasting, but a month of spiritual healing. Presented from an interfaith perspective as a means to motivate believers to action, the articles by such famous writers as Muhammad al-Ghazzali, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, Imam Jawziyya, Ibn Sireen, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Mawlana Mawdudi and Laleh Bakhtiar include essays on both the Law and the Way. They are divided into the traditional threefold method of spiritual healing, namely, knowledge, inner processing and action. The method produces the seven characteristics of devotees as Goal-Setters and Believers (knowledge, cognition, theoethics), Strategists, Moral Healers, Energizers (inner processing, affect or emotions, psychoethics) and Human Bonders and Master Communicators (action or behavior towards God, self and others, socioethics).

THE SANDMAN 50 (DC Vertigo SANDMAN, Distant Mirrors)

"Ramadan", a 32-page story with P. Craig Russell art; contains a gallery of pin-ups by Dave McKean, John Totleben, Jim Karla Schwarz, Scott McCloud, Todd McFarlane, Michael Zulli, Michael Kaluta, and the team of Craig Hamilton and Tony Harris; wraparound cover.