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b'"It\'s about sacrifice. It\'s about spirituality. It\'s about getting closer to God.\\u201d \\u201cRamadan is a time to better yourself \\u2014 a new beginning for many things.\\u201d\\nRamadan Mubarak (\\u0631\\u0645\\u0636\\u0627\\u0646 \\u0645\\u0628\\u0627\\u0631\\u0643)! Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by 1.8 BILLION Muslims worldwide. It is ~30 days of fasting, prayer, reflection and community \\u2014 lasting from one crescent moon to the next. And as beautiful a culture and religion as Islam is, we know far too little about it, nor what Ramadan really means for its people. For this holy month of Ramadan we wanted to go deeper on one of the biggest holidays in the world. So we decided to fire up the Rabat-signal to get a little help from our FrieMMds \\u2014 past guests Seif Hamid, our favorite Egyptian American musician by way of Cleveland (Soof!), and Lena Shareef, our favorite Pakistani American comics podcaster (Grounded Geeks). We asked them everything from how they celebrated as Ramadan as kids in the midwest and back in their respective motherlands of Egypt and Pakistan, what fasting means for them, Ramadan\\u2019s role in the culture, and even learned what all of us can do to celebrate Ramadan.\\nLEARN ABOUT LENA\\n\\nPODCAST: anchor.fm/grounded-geeks\\n\\n\\n\\ntwitter.com/LenaShareef / instagram.com/lenashareef/\\n\\n\\nLEARN ABOUT SEIF / SOOF\\n\\nMUSIC: Soof.studio\\n\\ninstagram.com/seifaldin\\n\\nRESOURCES / MENTIONS:\\n\\nRamadan 101: wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan\\n\\n\\nDesigning for Ramadan - https://www.gouldstudio.com/insights/designing-for-ramadan\\xa0\\n\\n\\nAccommodating Muslim colleagues during Ramadan: instagram.com/p/CbXkP9BrCBx\\n\\n\\nTV: We are Lady Parts - imdb.com/title/tt10846104\\n\\n\\nTV: Rami - imdb.com/title/tt7649694\\n\\n\\nBOOK: It\'s Ramadan, Curious George - goodreads.com/en/book/show/25897838\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'