Hassina Alizai originally compiled this list of resources in 2020.
The holy month of Ramadan began on Sunday, March 10, 2024 and continues until Tuesday, April 9, 2024. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world embark upon a month-long spiritual journey of fasting, prayer, acts of kindness and reflection to commemorate the revealing of the Qu’ran to the Prophet Muhammad.
Here’s how you can support Muslim students’ well-being and learning:
- Flexibility: Be flexible with scheduling; avoid early morning instruction and meetings, if possible.
- Archive lectures (Muslims perform the daily prayers at fixed intervals)
- Connect and Support: check-in with your students about their workloads. Ask how their fasting is going or if they require accommodation.
- Organize panel discussions and educational opportunities that open up for discussion about Islam
I am pleased to provide you with some resources for educators and Muslim parents:
Web Resources:
- PBS has resources for online learning
- twinkle.ca has many fun activities that are printable
- CBC Kids provides a basic overview of Ramadan
- Scholastic: Lesson plan
Some texts about Ramadan:
- Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story, written by Hena Khan and illustrated by Julie Paschkis
- Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story, written by Reem Faruqi and illustrated by Lea Lyon
- Moon Watchers: Shirin’s Ramadan Miracle, written by Reza Jalali and illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien.
- Magid fasts for Ramadan by Mary Matthews; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
- The White Nights of Ramadan by Maha Addasi; Ned Gannon (Illustrator)
- My First Ramadan by Karen Katz
We wish all those observing this holy month a blessed and peaceful Ramadan.
Hassina Alizai is a PhD student in the field of social justice and inclusion at Queen’s University. Hassina’s doctoral research examines the experiences of Muslim teacher candidates in Canadian teacher education programs, focusing both on practices that enact and those that disrupt Islamophobia. She is privileged to be working under the supervision of Dr. Lee Airton. She has been working on various research projects with faculty professors across institutions.