Ramadan is over!

What is Ramadan?
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month, Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours in a complete fast.

During the blessed month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the daylight hours. As a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-sacrifice, Ramadan is much more than just not eating and drinking.

During Ramadan, every part of the body must be restrained. The tongue must be restrained from backbiting and gossip. The eyes must restrain themselves from look at unlawful things. The hand must not touch or take anything that does not belong to it. The ears must refrain from listening to idle talk or obscene words. The feet must refrain from going to sinful places. In such a way, every part of the body observes the fast.

After introducing this religious tradition in Muslim country such as UAE, we know understand how important it is for us to respect their culture living in this country. Indeed, we shouldn´t be eating or drinking in front of them during the day, it is considered unacceptable even though you are not muslim. To learn how to respect people is a must living here, however, being respected is a challenge I must say!


Yes this is the taxi queue in Deira City Centre! sometimes could be more than that...i gues about 500 meters!


For example, taxi drivers are not always polite and friendly depending on their moods if they want to take you to the place you want to go...they stop the car and ask where are you going? and then you tell them the place name (i.e City Centre mall, is in Deira and close to Sharjah, usually a lot traffic) and some of them could have drove away and left you as an idiot standing there...some of them nicely made some excuses and said my time is over, can´t take you....(so why you stopped then!!?? it is senseless...they work but they choose people and destinations!)

Taking a taxi here in Dubai is insane and crazy sometimes, believe me oftenlyake 1 hour waiting in a shopping centre within a taxi queue...yes i mean queue to wait for a taxi!!! such a drag! Now teh government is enjoying their 4 days holidays after finishing the Ramadan month... Henceforward, all the stores are now open during the day and eating outside is no longer an impossibility! hey, and therefore people start eating as they haven´t eaten for ages...lol

check this out! http://www.videosift.com/video/Nandos-Ramadan-Advert-very-funny

This is true, but once again RESPECT please! Don´t show your teeth while laughing...