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LAST IFTAR

Written by Cemre Buğlem YER
Was born on 7th June 2010. Lives in Gölcük. Goes to 7th Hunters at Private Nadide Secondary School. Dreams to be a psychologist.

Today is the last day of Ramadan and the last Everyone sat at the table and waited for the
iftar. We have a sweet rush on our site, what is adhan to be recited, but the children were
it? Of course, dinner. Since it is the last iftar, we walking around and threw dates into their
will open our iftar together with the whole site. mouths one by one, so I forgot that I was fasting
Everyone was informed two days ago and plans while filling the glasses with water, I drank a
were started to be made. Mothers would cook glass of water. Then when I left the glass, I
and fathers would organize mosques for remembered that I was fasting! My mother called
taraweeh prayers. As young people, we were me but I had already drunk my water! But what I
going to prepare activities for children. On the drank is considered as Allah's gift to me after all.
last day, everyone woke up early in the morning When we heard the adhan, we broke our last fast
and went to work. Our families forgot to set up with our dates. We ate various kinds of food and
tables and chairs. We noticed it while we were had a delicious iftar. Then we set out for
preparing activities for the children, and we taraweeh. There was already a mosque near our
immediately informed our families. They left house. We went and prayed there. When we
their work and started to collect tables and returned home, our mothers made tea. We drank
chairs from cafes. Thanks to Allah, the cafes tea and ate delicious desserts. After tea, it was
also gave permission, and this job was taken time for the games. We prepared really nice

care of right away. Then everyone went back to games :) What did we prepare? We played
their work. Time was running out. We prepared Ramadan riddles, prophet stories, the sack race
the activities for the children in the gazebo of and many more. We played our games with the
our park and our families set up the tables in the children, and it was getting late. Everyone
garden of the site. We were all very excited. packed up and went home. Today ended as a
Everything was ready, now we had to get ready very beautiful and fun-filled day.
too. We got dressed in our clean clothes, and as
girls, we did not forget to take a headscarf with
us.

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