Many people don’t have a lot of memories of previous Ramadans,
except for the distinct and unhappy recollection of hunger, thirst and the long hours
of deprivation. But nothing else is noteworthy,
nothing else seems to happen in this month, especially when you (not me) spend it
horizontally for over ten hours a day!
Last year, was a different story, last Ramadan was a
memorable one (not in a good way), last Ramadan Israel was repeatedly bombing Gaza,
and as the war in Syria raged on, a gunman opened fire on tourists on a beach in
Tunisia (the choice of events and countries is not calculated), the whole world
went through the summer in a state of shock, anger, protest and gloom.
This year a lesser disaster is looming, but a disaster
nonetheless, England will most probably brexit, during Ramadan…bringing a wave of changes to
the whole world and I suspect a lasting memory!
As I cast my vote today (guess which way I voted) I couldn’t
help but think of all the things trivial and important that will happen, all the
changes, I think of how bored Nigel Farage would be, how it’ll transpire that Boris
Johnson is actually Donald Trump’s long lost sibling, probably a brother from
another mother, I think about how rude the French are going to be to us when we
go on holiday to France (by us I mean Brits not Algerians – they already
surpassed their tolerance towards us Algerians), croissants and baguettes will
be sold on the black market, Cheese smugglers will rival human smugglers and
so many more...I can't bear to think about it!
But I strain to think of how this will affect Algerians and I find
nothing! Nothing affects Algerians really, we will survive whatever tidal wave
this Brexit will bring on, for now it’s none of our concern though, our imminent
concern is the source of the next chorba* and bourek* and where we’ll spend the
summer drinking and lazing in the sun after all this observance! Spain or Cuba? whichever doesn't require a visa ...
For now though, up to day 5 and on a more egocentric level...
Energy levels – stable, Sleeping patterns: all over the place,
Food ingested: not enough, Water drunk: too much, Days to next period: too many
Dz-chick….for now it’s about breakfast not Brexit
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*Ramadan meal
