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Katharine Strange's avatar

This is great! We have a large Muslim population at our school and it's good to remember accommodations for family and PTA events.

I visited Turkey many years ago and it felt both exotic to hear the call to prayer and very ordinary to see teens making out on park benches after school.

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Jenna Vandenberg's avatar

Turkey is my dream destination!

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Jennie Robertson's avatar

I really enjoyed this sensitive, thought-provoking piece. It's interesting that you mentioned Lent because when you said the dates, the first thing I thought was that Lent and Ramadan overlap this year and there might be even more students fasting than usual.

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Jenna Vandenberg's avatar

True! I hadn't thought about that.

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S. Bazmjow's avatar

Great article! I taught in the Middle East and miss the Ramadan celebrations there

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Laura Spargo's avatar

Such an informative post and so many important points to consider. I really appreciate the practical considerations too. Thank you :)

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