Thursday, October 04, 2007
Ramadan
It is this bang of a cannon that really starts the day. It is the signal for sunset (around 5.35 pm), the muezin starts calling and people are finally allowed to start fotor, the breakfas
t, as it is the first meal of the day during Ramadan. During the day: No food, no drinks, no zigarette, no sex. Nothing is allowed to touch the lips.
So around 4 pm everybody gets hectic to prepare for the great occasion of the evening breakfast, doing the last shopping, rushing home to start eating on time. Those who missed the sohor, the night meal at 3 or 4 am are especially eager to reach home...
Yesterday, after the first team meeting with the students of Birzeit university we went to a public fotor at the university, sponsored by the mobile phone company Jawwal. Just imagine around 1 to 2000 very hungry students pressing to get into the cafeteria! There was an extra entrance for females, t
o prevend any trouble. Everybody grabbed an aloy package (or two if possible) and fought for a seat. Then the excited waiting for the signal to start. Around 25 min later the first zigarettes are lit and after pressing in, people now were pressing out of the cafeteria. Because Jawwal also had a kind of tombola and the main item was a laptop! So most of the team spent some time outside, listening to the questions to win something, chatting and talking some funny pictures (which I will ad later).
So, thats it for the moment from the researcher for AIESEC in Palestine. It is my 6th day here in Ramallah.
Salam, Fabian
t, as it is the first meal of the day during Ramadan. During the day: No food, no drinks, no zigarette, no sex. Nothing is allowed to touch the lips.So around 4 pm everybody gets hectic to prepare for the great occasion of the evening breakfast, doing the last shopping, rushing home to start eating on time. Those who missed the sohor, the night meal at 3 or 4 am are especially eager to reach home...
Yesterday, after the first team meeting with the students of Birzeit university we went to a public fotor at the university, sponsored by the mobile phone company Jawwal. Just imagine around 1 to 2000 very hungry students pressing to get into the cafeteria! There was an extra entrance for females, t
o prevend any trouble. Everybody grabbed an aloy package (or two if possible) and fought for a seat. Then the excited waiting for the signal to start. Around 25 min later the first zigarettes are lit and after pressing in, people now were pressing out of the cafeteria. Because Jawwal also had a kind of tombola and the main item was a laptop! So most of the team spent some time outside, listening to the questions to win something, chatting and talking some funny pictures (which I will ad later).So, thats it for the moment from the researcher for AIESEC in Palestine. It is my 6th day here in Ramallah.
Salam, Fabian
