Summary The White Nights of Ramadan
This picture book for young readers shows how a young girl named Noor who lives with her family in Kuwait prepares for the Muslim festival known as Girgian along with her family Mid Ramadan is a special time for families in the Arabian Persian Gulf These middle days are known as the three whites b White Nights of Ramadan by Maha Addasi 2008Genre Picture bookFormat BookPlot summary A young Kuwaiti girl and her family celebrate Girgian the three days under the full moon in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan The story focuses on sharing and selflessness Considerations or precautions for readers advisory strong language sex death religious overtones violence etc This is a religious storyReview citation if available Gilani Williams Fawzia School Library Journal January 2011 Vol 54 Issue 9 p170 170Section source used to find the material School library journalRecommended age Ages 4 8
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The fun Together they decorate the bags they'll carry to collect the candies But along with the fun Noor remembers the true meaning of Ramadan spending time with family and sharing with those less fortunate School Library Journal says An excellent choice for units on diversity and multiculturalism A look at the white nights in the middle of Ramadan Told from a child's perspective Informative text wrapped in her story
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Ecause they include the day of the full moon the day before and the day after It's a time when children dressed in traditional clothes go from house to house collecting treats from their neighbors When Noor sees the full moon rising signaling the coming of Girgian she and her brothers prepare for Book level 36 The book tells the story of a young girl and her and her family's preparation for the season of Ramadan There is rich multicultural information in this story It would serve as a great resource for educating my young learners about how people of various cultures and beliefs celebrate different holidays I also believe the pictures in this story were very rich aided in the sharing of the information presented The pictures itself told a story of the preparation for the season of Ramadan
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- The White Nights of Ramadan
- Maha Addasi
- English
- 13 June 2017 Maha Addasi
- 9781590785232
A young Kuwaiti girl and her two little brothers eagerly await the coming of Girgian a holiday celebrated in the Persian Gulf states during the middle of the month of Ramadan at the time of the full moon anticipating the joy of dressing up in colorful costumes and collecting candy from all the neighbors Ramadan and Girgian of course can be fun Noor tells her grandmother and is gently reminded that the month of fasting while indeed fun is much than thatI really enjoyed The White Nights of Ramadan and the glimpse it offered into a cultural practice completely unknown to me I had never heard of the holiday of Girgian a holiday within a holiday really but was struck by its similarity in some senses to Halloween That alone would recommend it to me The accompanying illustrations by Ned Gannon done in oil paint were lovely making excellent use of both color and light With an engaging tale sure to strike a chord with young readers everywhere what child doesn't love candy? and beautiful illustrations that capture the magic of the white nights this is definitely a title I would with caveat see below recommend to those looking for good titles about RamadanI was than a little dismayed to see that the Persian Gulf was referred to as the Arabian Gulf with Persian in parentheses both in the front dust jacket description and in the author's note at the end For those not in the know there has been a dispute concerning the name of this body of water for the last few decades fueled by Arab nationalism See section four of the relevant Wikipedia article for a long list of historians many of them Arab who are probably rolling in their graves at this ahistorical nonsense Although a minor detail when it comes to appreciating this otherwise excellent book parents and educators should be aware of it and ready to correct any misperception it may create in young readers
White Nights of Ramadan by Maha Addasi 2008Genre Picture bookFormat BookPlot summary A young Kuwaiti girl and her family celebrate Girgian the three days under the full moon in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan The story focuses on sharing and selflessness Considerations or precautions for readers advisory strong language sex death religious overtones violence etc This is a religious storyReview citation if available Gilani Williams Fawzia School Library Journal January 2011 Vol 54 Issue 9 p170 170Section source used to find the material School library journalRecommended age Ages 4 8
Addasi Maha The White Nights of Ramadan illustrated by Ned Gannon Boyds Mill Press 2008 PICTURE BOOK Noor and her family are devout Muslims living on the Rabian Peninsula This year Noor is very eagar for Girgian a festival celebrating the middle of Ramadan when she and her brothers will go from house to house to collect treats The author’s note in the back explains that this particular tradition is celebrarted manily in the Middle East where Muslims make up such large numbers of the population For schools wanting to add depth to their Middle East collection this would be a good selection EL MS – ADVISABLE
Book level 36 The book tells the story of a young girl and her and her family's preparation for the season of Ramadan There is rich multicultural information in this story It would serve as a great resource for educating my young learners about how people of various cultures and beliefs celebrate different holidays I also believe the pictures in this story were very rich aided in the sharing of the information presented The pictures itself told a story of the preparation for the season of Ramadan
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A look at the white nights in the middle of Ramadan Told from a child's perspective Informative text wrapped in her story
The White Nights of Ramadan by Maha AddasiIllustrated by Ned Gannon32p Published by Boyds Mills Press 2008Grades K 3 With much excitement and anticipation Noor a young girl in Kuwait explains how her family celebrates Girgian when the moon is full during the holy month of Ramadan Noor and her younger brothers Sam and Dan make candy with honey sugar and nuts to share with the other children in the neighborhood and wrap it in colorful cellophane The children then decorate canvas bags in hopes they get to fill them with candy on Girgian Noor spends the following day reading the Koran and fasting Finally the sun sets and the streets are filled with youngsters carrying fanouses Ramadan lanterns and knocking on doors to collect candy Afterward Noor and her grandfather deliver a basket of food to the mosue for the poor The pictures appear to shimmer and beautifully depict this fun holiday during Ramadan I enjoyed reading this book because so many new words and traditions are authentically introduced There also is a glossary at the end with an author’s note on Ramadan This book would be a nice addition to a unit on the Persian Gulf Ramadan or world religions
This book is a narrative non fiction book Noor the girl who is a main character in this story is very excited for celebrating Ramadan It is the time to make candies mixed with powder sugar and nuts make colorful bags with beads and ribbons wear beautiful dresses pray and read Koran and share food baskets to those who are poor Noor learns that Ramadan is for sharing blessings to those who are unfortunate and this is why Noor loves Ramadan so much This book is an excellent book for multiculturalism because there are no negative stereotypes of the represented group and the story tells that Muslims love to share blessings to others make candies and bags and watch a beautiful moon light as other cultural groups would love With this text as a teacher I will help my students to write down the words that are unfamiliar to them; for example if students do not know what fanouses means from the book they will find the definition and write a story about it I recommend this book for students to read because it is culturally inclusive
This book tells the story of Noor and her excitement for the three white nights of Ramadan to come She goes through an explanation of preparing peanut brittle to pass out to the neighbors and their beautiful gowns or dishdashas that they will wear during these three nights also called Girgian She also describes her days n Ramdan which include waking up for Fajr early morning prayer and fasting until sunset and having iftar breaking fast meal This part of Ramadan is not celebrated all over the world but mostly in the Gulf countries which is new to me since I've never heard of this celebration It was an enjoyable book to read especially since I learned something new and it would be a great book to read because it not only talks about Ramadan a Muslim holiday but also about the different ways people all over the world celebrate the holiday