Holly Richardson: The blessings of Ramadan

It was hard to miss the bulky ring on Mahmoud’s index finger, so I asked him about it.“It is to remind me to be grateful to Allah,” he said, as he explained he clicked it each time he thought of something be grateful for.That day’s count? Eighteen hundred. Eighteen hundred times he found a reason to send a short prayer of gratitude heavenward. I think I’m doing well if I do a daily gratitude list of five items.Mahmoud is a Syrian refugee living in Turkey with his fa