30 Masjids welcomes Guest Bloggers and your stories, photos, podcasts, videos.
- Your Ramadan story can be any length.
- If possible, Please include at least one photo.
- If your Ramadan story is a video, upload to Vimeo or YouTube or Twitter or Instagram and we’ll embed from there.
- Posts can be about anything related to your experience this Ramadan.
Many thanks to Jasmine Amoh (@amajas) who became first-ever Guest Blogger with her Ramadan 2011 stories:
Our third-ever guest blog post in 2011 was a surprise. It was from Columbus, Ohio !!
In Ramadan 2012, 30Masjids saw even more Guest Bloggers:
- Day 10 – Ramadan in Toronto has been quite different than in Mumbai, By Zoheb Kherada
- Day 23 – Masjid Qurtabah – A Hidden Gem in Scarborough | By Kaif Khan (@Kaifoom)
- A stolen bike, Canadian Tire and Lowes | By Naeem Siddiqi (@NaeemSiddiqi)
- Day 25 – Malton Islamic Centre – Mississauga | By Zainab Omar
- Day 27 – Ramadan: What Does it Mean to Muslims | By Javed Akbar, Pickering Islamic Centre
- Night 27 – Br. Mustaq Ahmad receives Leadership & Lifetime Achievement Award | By Ovais Iqbal, MQI Canada, Jame-al-Mustafa and Mississauga Muslim Community Center
- Day 28 – Risalah Foundation – Vaughan, Ontario | By Zainab Omar
- VIDEO – Great British Muslims | Via Zainab Omar
Ramadan 2013, entries from around Ontario
- Day 4 – My Story about London Muslim Mosque | By Aksa Mahmood
- Day 20 – Northern Muslim Association – Sudbury | By Abubacar
- Ramadan in Kingston, Ontario – Reflection of The Past | By Mona Rahman
Ramadan 2015
- 30 MORE – Ramadan: a meal for your brain | By Taufik Ali Valiante MD, PhD, FRCS
- Day 8 – Ramadan Interfaith Dinner 2015 with Faith of Life Network | By Vinita Kinra
- 30 MORE – Mile High Mosque – Iftar over Toronto | By Alev Karasu, The Netherlands
Ramadan 2016
Ramadan 2017
- 30 MORE | Guest Blog Post – “Masjid Toronto” | By Craig Carter-Edwards
Ramadan 2019
- 30 MORE | Night 27 – “Visited the Ste Foy Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec masjid with Brampton City Councillors Rowena Santos, Paul Vicente & Gurpreet Dhillon on the 27th night of Ramadan” — By Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton
- 30 MORE | Day 30 – Eid Al Fitr – “Today, I celebrated Eid with one of my closest/dearest/oldest friend who is a new convert.” | By Nidaa
December 2019
- 30 MORE | Guest Blog Post : احتفالية مرور ٥٠ عاما على أقدم مسجد في تورنتو — Jami Mosque Toronto | By H. A. Falou
- 30 MORE | Guest Blog Post : 50 Years Anniversary Celebration at The Toronto Jami Mosque | By M Rashid Taylor
- 30 MORE | Guest Blog Post : Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of the Jami Mosque, Toronto | By Faisal Kutty
- 30 MORE | Guest Blog Post : The untold history of The Jami Mosque — By Shaykh Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick
Ramadan 2020
- 30 MORE | Day 27 – Guest Blog Post : “Best Ramadan yet…pandemic and all” | By Shehna Javeed M. Ed.
Ramadan 2020 : I began experimenting with posting Twitter Threads as Guest Blog Posts . . .
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : RamadanMealsTO — Downtown Toronto Ramadan Meals Program | By Walied Khogali Ali
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “Basically, this is @TarekFatah explained.” | By Mubin Shaikh
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “What effect Ramadan will have on the health of Muslims in the midst of SARS-COV-2 Pandemic.” | By Dr Waheed Khan
- 30 MORE | VIDEO – Twitter Thread : “On my way to join the women’s mukabela, and for the first time in my life, I heard a woman’s voice emanating from the loudspeakers of a mosque (Hadžijska džamija).” — By Madinah Javed – #FemaleReciters Campaign
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “It seems three weeks, once an evening for less than five minutes – for the first time ever – is too much to ask.” | By Ahmed Minhas
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “The Muslim soundtrack is a male one. It has been for as long as I have a memory and for as vastly as I have travelled this world (and that is vast).” | By Fazeela Selberg Zaib – #FemaleReciters
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “When a male recites the Qur’an everyone praises it and has something positive to say, but when a female recites, they remain quiet. There is silence.” | By Madinah Javed – #FemaleReciters Campaign
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “Ertugrul is the only TV show which demonstrates how we can actually live based on Islamic principles.” | By Mustafa Mir
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “Eid tips for extroverts who may be struggling this year.” | By Shagufta Pasta
- 30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “A system of legal pluralism means multiple properly reasoned opinions with different outcomes can each be equally valid. Islamic law is amazing that way. Unity is not uniformity.” | By Namira Islam Anani
Ramadan 2021
- 30 MORE | Night 1 – Twitter Thread : “Ramadan is here and to be honest, I am *really* tired…” — By Sarah Mushtaq, MBA – Windsor, Ontario
- 30 MORE | Night 7 – Twitter Thread : “Gotta admit – I have absolutely not been feeling it this Ramadan. Incredibly tough to have yet another Ramadan in a pandemic, while working and studying…” — By Deena Kishawi, MD – Chicago, Illinois
- 30 MORE | Day 10 – VIDEO – Twitter Thread : “I stood outside our first community pop-up clinic today, hundreds of people lining up in the cold overnight, in the middle of Ramadan…” — Doly Begum, MPP, Scarborough South West – Warden Woods Community Centre
- 30 MORE | Day 14 – Guest Blog Post: Islamic Centre of Kingston – Spiritual Resting Point for Commuters Travelling on 401 | By Sister Naila
Ramadan 2022
- 30 MORE | Day 1 – Twitter Thread : “How should I break my fast?” — By Haitham Ahmed, MD, MPH – Chair of Cardiology at AdvantageCare Physicians – New York, NY
- 30 MORE | Day 11 – Twitter Thread : “Using public art as a platform, we hope to improve the visibility of Muslim identities in urban spaces.” — By Muslims in Public Space – Toronto, Ontario
- 30 MORE | Day 19 – Twitter Thread : “Never before were the Sisters allowed to sit and use the main Musallah as such – even when no men were present.” — Via Hind Makki – Side Entrance – Islamic Foundation – Villa Park, Illinois
- 30 MORE | Day 19 – Twitter Thread : “At Yale University, Verses of the Qur’an engraved on the façade of the Sterling Memorial Library.” — By Madinah Javed – Chicago, Illinois
- 30 MORE | Day 20 – Twitter Thread : Traveling While Muslim — By Shireen Ahmed
- 30 MORE | Night 24 – Guest Blog Post: Ramadan in Kingston 1433 – Islamic Centre of Kingston – By Mona N. Rahman, PhD
Ramadan 2023
- 30 MORE | Day 1 – Twitter Thread : “Part of the new Twitter regime is that we don’t get cute emojis on the #Ramadan hashtag. This app continues to spiral downward.” — By Biryani For One – Vancouver
- 30 MORE | Night 13 – Twitter Thread : “I am frustrated. This is the Towfiq Islamic Centre, here in the GTA. Their masjid was recently vandalized, alongside a scribbled death threat, in Ramadan.” — By Mustafa Farooq
- 30 MORE | Day 29 – Guest Blog Post : “This Ramadan, the wave of Islamophobic incidents has gotten out of hand. It is hard to gather oneself or to breathe lightly when the reverberations of Islamophobic hate are felt all around our communities.” — By Stephen Zhou
Shawwal 2023
- 30 MORE | Guest Blog Post: The History of Canadian Muslims in Toronto Jane’s Walk 2023 | By Suhail Hashim
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This is a briliant idea by HiMy to enable us to report our Ramadan experience at one platform. Ramadan in Toronto has been quite different as in Mumbai. In Mumbai there are lot many people and food is available on the streets whereas in Toronto its more disciplined and despite the fact that the fast duration(summer) is 1.5times than in Mumbai, it feels easier to keep roza here due to the fantastic facilities this city has to offer.
Assalamu ‘alaikum.
I tried to e-mail you the Ramadan in Kingston blog but it bounced back. Perhaps you can e-mail me and I’ll reply to that, Insha Allah.
wassalam
Mona
I met Himy last year at the Jane’s Walk picnic for volunteers and learned many things during our interesting conversation. When he asked me to share about my experience of fasting, I hesitated because I am not nearly as observant as him or other guests on this site. He wanted me to say something anyway and now that I have stumbled upon this website again, I feel compelled to share my experience.
For me, fasting is a way to reduce some of the “noise” of the physical world and try to tune into the spiritual realm. There is something about not being able to run to the fridge for comfort food and having only God to run towards. That, and the way that Iftar time brings busy family members together at the table, makes fasting a special gift from God.
Such a pleasure to have our well travelled Br. Himy join us at Masjid Dar As Salam here in Canada’s smallest province. On the 8th day of Ramadan SubhaAllah we were blessed with lights, thunder and heavy rain from the sky after we shared futoor amongst island students and residents. Our best wishes on accomplishing this amazing endeavor. We sure hope to welcome you in our community again. As Salam 3laykum wa Rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuhu and Ramadan Mubarak!
This is a great initiative i accidently found this site looking for some options for annual Taste of Ramadan this year.
We will be at Churchill Square this year on June 14th. i hope to see you there in honor of Canada 150 we will be expanding our efforts out more this year.
salwa