The new Ramadan: It’s beginning to look a lot like… Hassan M. Fattah in den New York Times:
Once an ascetic month of fasting, prayer and reflection on God, Ramadan has gradually taken on the commercial trappings of Christmas and Hannukah. Here in Dubai, commercialism has taken on a life of its own as almost everything has been dressed in the cloak of Ramadan, straight from the sale of consumer goods to the sales of cars. Dubai malls are open till the early morning, and the nights rock away at dinner parties in desert tents.