Sharing food during Ramadan: Chef Dina Macki on how holiday meal unites people from across world
This time of year, Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan. For about a month, lasting from April 3 until moonrise some 30 days later, followers of the Islamic faith fast from dawn to dusk, refusing even water until the sun sets, and they break their fast with their traditional iftar meal.Ramadan is a month of penance, introspection and reflection, and the food consumed during this period is also treated with similar reverence. Depending on where they're from, where they live and who they're with, what a person eats to break their fast will vary greatly.