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Dubai-based Lynn Ziad Gaziri, 12, has been doing the Ramadan fast for the past five years. From giving up her favourite food when she was seven and undertaking half-day fasts a year later, to full-fledged fasting for two Ramadans now, her abstinence from food has progressively increased over time. Latest news from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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Dubai-based Lynn Ziad Gaziri, 12, has been doing the Ramadan fast for the past five years. From giving up her favourite food when she was seven and undertaking half-day fasts a year later, to full-fledged fasting for two Ramadans now, her abstinence from food has progressively increased over time. Latest news from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos
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00:00Ramadan is a blessed month for all Muslims and we celebrate it like all families together.
00:11So it's a month of reflecting on oneself, praying more, doing more good deeds.
00:22It's a time of, this month is very special to grasp the opportunity of reflecting more
00:29on the spiritual level.
00:30So we're packing fruits for the Ramadan fridges and we'll go distribute them in a bit.
00:36We're packing apples, oranges, bananas, dates, and then we have dry stuff over there.
00:43So Ramadan back home had a different taste.
00:49The whole family gathering is different so each one prepares a certain dish and the nicest
00:57part is preparing for iftar together and then going after iftar for prayers together
01:05and the kids getting together.
01:07So I try to maintain the same typical or traditional dishes that we used to have in Lebanon and
01:14basically it's the fattoush, that's the salad, and the soup is the lentil soup.
01:19So that's a stable thing in Ramadan on our table.
01:24And then the main course changes, but then the appetizers, there are so many appetizers
01:28in the Lebanese cuisine and I try to limit that.
01:33Actually I try to prepare before Ramadan because those take a lot of work, like the cheese
01:38rolls and the kibbeh and the vine leaves, the stuffed vine leaves, so those take a lot
01:43of time to prepare.
01:45The drink, there's a special drink, it's called jellab, and you find it here as a concentrate
01:51and then you mix it at home, but you don't find the original one which we used to buy
01:56from certain shops.
02:00So it has a different flavor, it's not artificial, it's not as sweet, that's something that I
02:06don't find here easily.