Ramadan has come to devastated Gaza. While the rest of the world embarks with a festive mood on a month of fasting and prayer, Gaza people do so with grief and sorrow, reports Al Jazeera.
The echoes of war still ring loud. There is no certainty that this ceasefire will last. People are anxious about what happens next. They fear the war may come back.
The memory and trauma of what Gaza people have witnessed and experienced over the past year hang heavy in everyone’s minds.
This year’s Ramadan begins during a ceasefire. There are no air strikes shaking the earth as we break our fast. No explosions reverberating in the silence of Fajr. No fear of decorating our homes, of hanging colourful lights that might make us a target.
Amid the pain and devastation, life – which had been on pause for so long – is trying to come back to Gaza’s streets.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
