{"id":831,"date":"2016-11-02T23:32:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/globalreporting\/?p=831"},"modified":"2020-07-02T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:52:26","slug":"greek-hospitality-is-put-to-a-religious-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/globalreporting2016\/2016\/11\/02\/greek-hospitality-is-put-to-a-religious-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek hospitality is put to a religious test"},"content":{"rendered":"
By<\/span> Alexandra Markovich <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

ATHENS, Greece<\/strong> — Abdul rose just before sundown on one of the last days of the holy month of Ramadan. The 17-year-old refugee from Afghanistan was keeping odd hours, eating breakfast in place of dinner and passing the day in slumber.<\/p>\n

Abdul, whose name has been changed to protect his privacy as a juvenile, lives in a shelter for underage refugees who arrived in Greece without parents. For many, this was their first Ramadan away from their families, and it was a lonely one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Afghanistan, our father, mother, sister all fast. All people are doing it. Here, it\u2019s different,\u201d Abdul said. \u201cIt will be difficult for us, but we will not forget our religion.\u201d<\/p>\n