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Ramadan Arrives amid High Heat and Political Transition in Arab World
posted on July 24, 2012While the Muslim holy month of Ramadan “is a time for solemn reflection during the day,” many Arab countries are “caught in the throes of change,” Rod Nordland writes for The New York Times. For example, violence continues in Syria with “no sign of taking the holy month off, as government forces clawed back ground from rebels in the capital,” Nordland reports.