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🇿🇼 Published: 04 March 2026
📘 Source: IOL

Iftar is the meal that Muslims eat after sunset during Ramadaan to break the day’s fast. Muslims globally are observingRamadaan, a month characterised by intense fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. The observance involves a dawn-to-dusk fast, during which Muslims abstain from food, drinks (including water), and smoking between sunrise and sunset.

This period of fasting is anticipated to conclude around March 20. Central to the daily observance are two meals. The first issuhoor, the pre-dawn meal, which is meant to be nourishing, supplying essential energy through fibre, complex carbohydrates, and hydration.

The second, equally vital, isiftar, the evening meal consumed after sunset, which focuses on replenishing the necessarysustenance. , the evening meal consumed after sunset, which focuses on replenishing the necessarysustenance. Iftar traditions are initiated by eating dates and consuming plenty of water and/or milk for rehydration.Following this, a meal is shared, typically including a spread of protein (meat, fish, beans, chicken) and carbohydrates, along with vegetables.

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Iftar traditions are initiated by eating dates and consuming plenty of water and/or milk for rehydration. Following this, a meal is shared, typically including a spread of protein (meat, fish, beans, chicken) and carbohydrates, along with vegetables.

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