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Hello and welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

Here's another chance to hear an episode of Heart and Soul from a few years ago.

This edition originally published during the Holy

month of Ramadan in 2022, hears from young Muslims and how they go about coping

with the pressures of fasting.

If you're Muslim, you'll know we're coming to the end of the Holy month of Ramadan.

And if you're fasting, the number one question you get

asked is what not even water. spoiler alert yes not even water. Hello welcome, Aslam Olegum. I'm Maureen Beague and for Heart and Soul on the BBC World Service I'm exploring Ramadan

I've been fasting myself for nearly 20 years but for this program I've been talking to my

friends and Muslims from different backgrounds to find out how they deal with it.

And just a warning, we will be discussing some adult themes. So let's go.

First up you need motivation to get through Ramadan. I met up with I Sharp, Moona and Dua. They've been friends in school and now present diary

room podcast talking about well everything

and anything but this time I wanted them to talk to me about being young Muslims and

how they connect with their faith.

When we wake up in the morning to eat, it's like around sunrise. And we're allowed to eat again at Ifara time which is around sunset. So do you always wake up for

Sahur the morning meal? Not always you know not always okay so how many changes

do you have to make to your everyday life during the month of Ramadan?

There's a lot of sacrifice, yes, so like music, trying not to like dress to,

immodestly if that makes sense, swearing, gossiping, back biting, wildly distractions because

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