First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Every Ramadan, I think of one thing, and that’s food. And, no, it’s not because I fast and all I can do is salivate over what I am going shove down my gob as soon as the sun sets – I don’t fast.
The reason I think about food all the time is also not because I look at my mom or my brother, who do fast, and wonder: Wow, you must be so hangry (hungry and angry) right now!
I think about food a lot because of the poor – all the millions of poor Muslims globally who obediently and sincerely observe this month year after year with empty bellies and full hearts.