A typical day in the life of a Muslim during Ramadan. Ramadan is a special month for Muslims around the world. It is a month of fasting and prayers. It is the month when the Prophet Muhammad received the first…
Salat – Prayers
The call to prayer, before you read any further click here and listen to the call to prayer while reading the rest of the post. When we first arrived in January, the weather was fine, we were able to open…
Ramadan Mubarak
Ramadan Mubarak is also used as a greeting when meeting family, friends and colleagues during Ramadan, means Happy Ramadan or Ramadan the blessed month. I want to start this post with mentioning the 5 Pillars of Islam. A lot of what…
Oman – souq and snorkeling
We also went on two other excursions while staying in Muscat. One morning we went on a 2 hour snorkeling trip and in the late afternoon we went to the famous Mutrah Souq. The Mutrah Souq is one of the…