Oula Ghannoum is a Lebanese-Australian Muslim who has happy memories of Ramadan evening festivities during her childhood in Tripoli.  Oula kindly provides an introduction to the religious and cultural significance of Ramadan for the interest of non-Muslim listeners and shares insights about how Ramadan is observed in Sydney. This includes a description of prayer rituals at mosques and street food fairs such as the Lakemba Night Markets and about Sawm (fasting) and Zakat (charitable giving).

You can listen to the full conversation by finding the audio player on this page in the blue box that says, “listen to full show”.

This conversation is also available via the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast.

Image is by Nick Newsom via Shutterstock is of Ramadan in Lebanon.