Every year, there is a girl who goes to Saddle Brook High School that takes a variety of challenging classes. From Honors Physics, to AP English, to running the track, she tried her best, while keeping up with her friends. This year particularly, she was taking extra steps getting hours for the National Honors Society. She signed up for volunteer events after school, all while completing her studies. During this busy schedule each week, for a period of thirty continuous days each year, she also celebrated a special religious holiday, Ramadan. In her religion of Islam, it asks muslims to fast from sunrise to sunset, ingesting no food or water. She loves the holiday, but it also requires a sacrifice. During her lunch period, she leaves her table to go to the library to do her homework, because she does not want to watch her friends eat. When coming back home, she starts to feel the hunger a little more, the rumble in her stomach a little louder, but her homework and chores keep her busy, until it's time to eat at sundown. Her schedule becomes a little more difficult to get through, but she loves it, because it is a festive month of fun and togetherness, celebrating with her family.
Why Not Eid?
By Alishba Khan