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Weymouth Evening High School Principal Michele Prendergast said although in-person classes had not been held for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, graduates will have an in-person ceremony.
Prendergast said the decrease in coronavirus cases and increased vaccinations against the disease would allow for an in-person graduation ceremony to be held, 7:30 p.m. May 24 in Weymouth High School’s auditorium. A graduate will be allowed to have a maximum of two guests, she said. The seating will be staggered according to the Board of Health regulations. Proper social distancing will be kept, and the ceremony will be shortened. We usually have a reception following the ceremony, but we will not have that this year.
Keeping fasts, staying fast - Muslim women athletes and Ramadan Tuesday, May 11, 2021 RNZ
Mariam Bahar has been fasting during Ramadan each year since she was 9 years old while growing up in Sri Lanka.
I meet Mariam at 5am just as she s finishing her
sahur or
sehri - a pre-dawn meal before starting the day s fast. She s in her workout gear and will start her morning workout shortly after prayers at 5.34am today. She trains Crossfit competitively and is also a personal trainer for women.
During Ramadan, although her workout is a milder version of what she normally does, she keeps it going.
Mariam Bahar
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I meet Mariam at 5am just as she s finishing her
sahur or sehri - a pre-dawn meal before starting the day s fast. She s in her workout gear and will start her morning workout shortly after prayers at 5.34am today. She trains Crossfit competitively and is also a personal trainer for women.
During Ramadan, although her workout is a milder version of what she normally does, she keeps it going. It s a time to reflect on Ramadan, so other things become secondary. Right now it s about listening to your body . keeping moving. It s not about achieving some personal best or anything.
Growing up in Mississippi, you said you had a happy upbringing but knew your place in the racial order, which included the back of the bus when traveling across town to school.
I was never beaten or physically threatened in my childhood, but there was always the fear that it could happen, like walking on a tightrope.
You don t mention Emmett Till.
I had just started college. It was shocking but not all that surprising, because you knew the most dangerous thing you could do is to have an encounter with a white woman. It could literally be deadly. The fact that a kid could be killed because of that is not shocking.