>From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: A Peaceful Ramadan to all >Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:01:11 -0500 > >Brother Habib, >Don't mind this Drammeh Kunda man! Reliable sources say he lives somewhere >very close to Saudi Arabia. And the love for living nocturnal during Ramadan >is one reason for that! As for your daughter, I guarantee that she is in >good hands. Our love for food should be a plus during Ramadan. > >I say a peaceful Ramadan to all out there including the big names that made >the last year on Gambia-l memorable namely, Sister Fatou Jahumpa, Sister >Jabou, Sister Soffie Ceesay, M.L. Jassey-Conteh, Dr. Amadou Scatter-Janneh, >Dampha Kebba, Hamjatta Kanteh, Dave Manneh, Momodou Olly-Mboge, George Sarr, >Pa Momodou Gassama to name a few. I pray that the coming year would be an >even more peaceful year for all Gambians and G-lers. > >Malanding Jaiteh > > > -----Original Message----- >From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Habib Ghanim >Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:04 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Ramadan delayed,Ramadan all the same!! > > > Bassirou > > Are you serious? my in laws from badibou must really love food. >Fortunately our fasting days are short (average time 5 am to 5 pm) here in >the USA (cold weather helps too so less sweating) . > > I tell you they must be distant cousins to the Saudis who sleep all day >until asr prayers and close to iftar time, and then feed themselves all >night until suhur (before fajr time) during Ramadan. > > Here it has been confirmed today ,the moon was seen in Califonia a while >ago so none of the Ceesays her can escape that verdict(laugh) > > May we meet next year in good health > > best regards > > Habib > > > > > > >From: Bass Drammeh > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Ramadan delayed,Ramadan all the same!! > >Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 01:27:04 +0300 > > > >Folks, > > Before wishing well and praying for the entire Gambia-L family on >account of the advent of the Holy month of Ramadan,I would like to inform >about the enormous amount of energy and effort expended by some folks in >Basse,Badibou and Kartong these past few days to discourage others from >looking for the new moon just so that Ramadan would be delayed for one more >day.Its amazing the lenght to which some people are prepared to go for that >extra afternoon bite one more time!! > > > >Somebody has even intimated that he has seen a Badibunka who was >seriously thinking of taking a French Leave to Mauritania,the only country >in the Moslem world not to consider Fasting a pillar of Islam, just so he >also wouldn't have to go through the "ordeal".Some folks would do >practically anything when the comfort of their stomachs is threatened. > > > >Delayed or not,its here nonetheless and I guess these folks must learn to >live with it.Afterall, its only thirty days or less.Ramadan Kareem and peace >and prosperity to everyone in this L-family. > > > >Regards, Basss! > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface > >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > >[log in to unmask] > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- > Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. Click Here >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To >unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact >the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~