Ramadan Kareem!

Ramadan is an amazing month, a month of forgiveness, good deeds, fasting, and getting together with family and friends. It is a time where we celebrate because the gates of heaven are open and the gates of hell are closed a time where prayers are worth more and sins are washed away. In Ramadan the streets are filled with this warm and welcoming feeling and where people greet each other with wide smiles wishing each other a Ramadan kareem. Though nothing is like Ramadan in Egypt, where there is this feeling, a connection between people and these amazing experiences that in my all my 14 years have never felt or seen in any other country. The streets are decorated with all types of decorations lights and "Fawanees Ramadan". The streets come to life and the air is full of joy, and colorful lights are visible as far as the eye can see. People go to the street markets to buy fawanees and hang them up and also buy "bomb" and "sawareekh".

There are also many changes this year in the attitudes and the personalities of the people in Egypt, something that just makes you so proud to be Egyptian and so proud of the things that no one thought could be done, but despite all the odds we still managed to do it, overthrow Hosni Mubarak. People are now a lot more aware of things that are happening in the country and in the political field. Everywhere I go, I always hear people talking about news, politics, Tahrir Sqaure, Hosni Mubarak, and thats just amazing because before, no one had the courage to talk about things like that, and others just simply found no use in talking about it. But now, people know that they have a voice and that their voices will be heard, they are not afraid to speak up. Also people now are finally feeling that Egypt belongs to the Egyptians and not some corupt government, and because of this, people are begining to feel certain responsibilities towards the country. Volunteers of all ages are going out and taking a step towards making their country better by doing little things such as repainting the sidewalks and cleaning up the streets. In addition, community and service projects are constantly being made in order to make a change. In the end, these are only SOME of the things that makes Ramadan in Egypt unique, and espetially this year after a revolution that will change Egypt forever

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