Slate Takes a Ramadan World Tour

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.16.09 | 12:02 PM ET

Photo by tinou bao via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Writer Jason Rezaian has spent time in five different Muslim-majority countries—Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Iran and Turkey—during the annual month of fasting, and in a short essay he reflects on the subtle (and not-so-subtle) differences in the ways each one celebrates their shared holy month.

Tags: Islam, Spiritual Travel, Africa, Morocco, Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


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