HIGHLIGHTS

•Ramadan

is a time when Muslims are encouraged to reconnect with distant family members, join with friends to provide iftar meals for the less fortunate, and pray alongside fellow worshippers in mosques. In short, it is a time for people to spend time together — but the pandemic prevented this a year ago.

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Saudi lawyer Anmar Hashim, 30, said that he is happy he will be able to get together with family again this year and resume their Ramadan tradition.

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Rafal Jokhdar, a 27-yearold customer experience team leader, said that although she had missed her family she appreciated the sense of peacefulness, and the solitude allowed her to experience the spiritual aspects of Ramadan more fully.

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Saudi engineer Huda Abdullah, 26, said it was one of the worst holy months she has experienced.