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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

At Ramadan, migrants in Europe dream of family and comfort food

[A migrant prays during the first day of Ramadan at a state-run camp for refugees and migrants in Schisto, near Athens]By Joseph Nasr, Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Karolina Tagaris BERLIN/BASTAD, Sweden/ATHENS, (Reuters) - As Ramadan began in Germany on Monday, Syrian asylum seeker Khairallah Swaid said he would pray for a reunion with his wife, who is stranded at a camp in Greece, and crave his mother's makloubeh, a meat and rice dish served during the fasting month. The Muslim holy month that began this year on June 6 revolves around daily fasts from sunrise to sunset, and then favourite meals with family and friends during the night hours.


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