RIYADH: Have you ever wondered how differently our parents and grandparents experienced Ramadan? How the holy month shifted routines before modern technology became a factor?
Arab News sat down with cherished and active community member Sabah Al-Fakhr from Qatif to hear her stories of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Now 80-years-old, Al-Fakhr transported us back to a time when she was just a young girl of about 12.
It all starts weeks prior, of course, when families start preparing their kitchens and themselves: psychologically, financially and religiously.
“We would prepare ourselves because once the month of God arrived, that was it — fasting begins. It was a joyful mark for us,” Al-Fakhr told Arab News.
