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The Ramadan Factor

By The Hunger Having just returned from a magical three-week stint in Morocco during Ramadan, I’m left with a lot of questions. Although we learned a lot about this special period for Muslims, it also spawned a thousand more question marks. Ramadan provides endless insights into the Islamic culture. But for anyone keen to meet Moroccan [...]

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In Search of Mecca

By The Hunger Pilgrimage As I travel by train close to the Camino del Norte, a famous Christian Pilgrimage route across northwest Spain, I’m surrounded by modern-day pilgrims with generous bouts of body odour and walking sticks that even Gandalf would be proud of.  There are many roads one can take to reach the holy [...]

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