Empty stomachs and solitude: Ramadan for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
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Noemí Jabois and Ana Maria Guzelian
Akkar, Lebanon, Apr 23 (EFE).- The clock strikes 19.14 at a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon, but there’s no sign that it is time to break the fast of the holy month of Ramadan. Without much food or the presence of their loved ones, this special time is even harder than the rest of the year.
In a stiflingly hot tent that is completely bare save for two small mats laid out on the floor, Abu Yaser and his seven children wait for their mother to finish frying a small handful of cauliflower, potato and eggplant to break the fast for the evening Iftar meal.