The lonely, long fast: Greenland's Lebanese fasts 21 hours

"Wassam Azaqeer, a Lebanese, who lives in a country surrounded by icebergs called “Greenland”, is the only Muslim in this state who is fasting daily for 21 hours with full determination."

"Sometime February 2011: As I came out of the conference room a couple of days back with a grin-like lip movement after having met a new client and undergoing an hour of pleasant business debates, it then came to my mind that I needed to get my fingers busting and start writing a post I had been meaning to write for quite some time."

"An 800 year old olive tree was brought all the way from Lebanon to Abu Dhabi on a two week journey by road. The tree weighs a massive five tonnes and stands four-meter tall."

"It seems that each Ramadan that I have been blogging a specific cause for charitable aid emerges from the many in my consciousness--whether in the form of zakat (the Muslim obligation of annual charity representing 2.5% of a Muslim's wealth beyond necessities), sadaqa (the Muslim recommendation of charity in other forms) or universal caritas (caring, kindness, and giving to others).."