Muslim Menaal Khurram, 14, of Morton Grove has a strategy for addressing her pangs for food and water while fasting during Ramadan. “I cut down on sweets a month or two before, and then I start wak…
Menaal Khurram, 14, from left, mom Sana Ali, sister Noor Khurram, 6, brother Daoud Khurram, 11, and father Khurram Jabbar pray in their Morton Grove living room on the day before Ramadan 2024 began.
To follow the practice, they wake before dawn to eat breakfast, and then shun all food and beverages, even water, until sunset, when they gather for a celebratory meal. Khurram Jabbar, the husband and father, said he began planning his schedule a few weeks before Ramadan began. Typically, Jabbar, an IT consultant, travels to specific locations for work, but he lets business associates know that during Ramadan he plans to work remotely rather than on location.
His mother has the solution. “The way to get him to eat is to give him chips and pasta,” she said, smiling. “The very first thing that comes to mind is a month of blessings – what you have and what you can share,” Jabbar said. “As humans, we always think of what we don’t have. This is a month of reflection to think of what we do have and what we can do for others.”
“It’s going well,” Jabbar said. “It’s tiring a little bit, but good. I’m hungry all day, but then you get some time back during the day.”“I’m big on breakfast and lunch,” he said. “I get those hour and a half to two hours back.”“When I’m not busy, I can feel it with no food and no water,” he said. “The good thing is I’m busy all day long now with work. That kind of takes away thinking of thirst and hunger.
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