Notes: Magid, an eight-year-old Muslim boy in Cairo, is determined to celebrate Ramadan by fasting, despite the opposition of family members who feel that he is not yet old enough to fast.

Notes: Describes the celebration of the month of Ramadan by an Islamic family and discusses the meaning and importance of this holiday in the Islamic religion.

Notes: Now that Ramadan has come to an end, and the celebration of Eid will begin tomorrow, Nabeel the shoemaker goes to buy special gifts for his family to wear to the mosque for the holiday, he is persuaded by the shopkeeper to get new pants for himself, too, but the only pair available is too long, and no one seems to have time to shorten them for him. Includes a glossary of Arabic.

Notes: Two Arab children, Samira and Hassan, fast and look for the new moon to observe Ramadan and the festival of Eid.

Notes: Looks at some of the ways Muslims around the world celebrate the joyous festival of Id-ul-Fitr.