The journalist and sports commentator, Muhammad Al-Bakr, yearns for his old neighborhood with the beginning of each Ramadan, the neighborhood that overlooks the eastern coast specifically in the northern Khobar, recalling his childhood companions and their misery during the nights of Ramadan. Al-Bakr adds, in his Ramadan dialogue with “Okaz”, that the nights of the holy month are different. For the rest of the nights of the year, it is the month of calm and tranquility.
Al-Bakr, or as his fans like to call him “Abu Areej,” misses his mother and brother, may God have mercy on them, in Ramadan this year, and whenever he remembers them, he feels pain for their departure, so to the text of the dialogue:
Sherbet on the fly
• How did you prepare for the holy month?
•• Before it starts, there are obligations on the head of the family. It is my habit to organize my daily program before the beginning of the holy month.
• The first Ramadan he fasted, how old were you?
A: Most of us started our fast with riots, sometimes with a drink of water “on the fly,” and sometimes with complete commitment. After all these years, how do I remember the first year of fasting?
• What did you lose from last Ramadan and what do you need in the present?
•• I lost my dearest mother and brother, may God have mercy on them. Whenever I remember them, I agonize over their departure.
• A hint stuck in your memory from the first years of fasting?
•• Sleeping early to wake us up at suhoor time.. This was one of the most difficult moments, as sleep is a sultan.
Liver dish
• What do you yearn for in Ramadan?
•• I yearn for my neighborhood in the northern Khobar, and for the friends of childhood and our misery during the nights of Ramadan.
• A Ramadan habit you gave up?
•• My program in Ramadan and my habits have never changed. I stick to all the habits that I loved.
• A Ramadan dish not to be missed from your table?
•• Liver dish.
Fasting from sites
• Do you abstain from social networking sites during Ramadan?
•• It is not a fast, but a reduction in the period of time that I spend in these means.
• Are Ramadan meetings from the past?
•• In the Eastern Province, we have customs that we adhere to, which are the Ramadan councils. There is a table that shows the names of those who have a Ramadan council, their locations, and on any day of the week. As you know, the news is small, and the community knows each other.
• On television, do you follow new works, or is there no longer any temptation for you?
•• Only in the period after breakfast until the evening prayer.
I hate distance
• What is the impact of the word “remotely” on your hearing?
•• I hate distance and divergence, and for this reason the word distance is undoubtedly painful and influential.
• What is the Ramadan dish that your mother prepared and would you like to taste it with the same taste?
•• Everything my mother used to cook, may God have mercy on her, was delicious and not cooked after cooking.
• An application on your phone that you live in more than its neighbors on the phone screen?
•• According to need and time, each application has its needs, however, I think that Twitter is the perfect application.
The generous and the mean
• Ramadan morals that you would like to continue for the remaining 11 months?
•• Calmness, tolerance and gathering of family members at one table.
• What is the relationship between Ramadan and staying up late?
•• The nights of Ramadan are different from the rest of the nights of the year, and the Saudi society is keen to fulfill most of its needs at night, and for this reason it is natural that Ramadan is associated with staying up late.
• A Ramadan habit you would like to quit?
•• I do not have bad habits that I wish to quit.
• What frequency do you usually have with yourself?
•• If you honor the generous, his queen, and if you honor the mean, rebellion.
Muhammad Al-Shahrani (Khobar) @mffaa1
