“This could be the worst Ramadan ever, right?” asked one of my students. Indeed, the global Covid-19 lockdown has presented unprecedented restrictions, especially during the blessed month of Ramadan. I have honestly had my own anxieties about how disappointing and dislocating this Ramadan would be.
I was blessed to grow up regularly attending Iftars at friends’ houses and avidly attending Tarawih prayers at my local masjid. My Islamic seminary studies further deepened my love for eating, studying, and praying with my friends, peers, teachers, and elders. In my professional life, as a university Muslim chaplain, I have cherished serving my Yale Muslim community, through campus Suhurs, Iftars, Halaqas, and Tarawih prayers in our on-campus musallah.
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