The clash of the western world with Islam has been in the news far too much lately with the conflict over the so-called “ground zero mosque.” But Islam and western culture have also been intermingling on the sports fields lately. Case in point, the story of the suburban Detroit, Michigan high school football team that moved its preseason practices from… read more »
Every year the onset of Ramadan ushers in a strange cultural transformation in urbanized Muslim societies. A natural consequence of waking up to eat in the darkest hours of morning, fasting from dawn to dusk, and consuming huge amounts of food at sunset is that your biological clock along with the rest of your bodily functions goes completely haywire. In… read more »
Nadine Abu-Jubara is a Civil Engineer by day and a health and fitness guru by night. Nadine is from Orlando, FL and is the Executive Director of a non-profit health and fitness organization,... Continue reading
