April 22nd, 2021
About 600k ethnic Rohingya escaped to Bangladesh due to cruelty in Myanmar. (Shutterstock)
Highlights
“Ramadan in Bangladesh is just a religious commitment for us with no celebration.”
Painfully estranged from their homeland, the holy month stirs up memories of harmony and festivity for one of the world’s most persecuted peoples.
Maryam Begum, 35, was busy passing her time feeding her two-year-old child on the eve of iftar, the end of the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Begum’s congested makeshift tent, made of tarpaulin sheets in the Cox Bazaar camp in southern Bangladesh, is located on the slope of a hill from where the crimson glow of the setting sun is clearly visible.