Is this your first Christmas as a mixed couple or family? Keep reading for our three tips to perfectly navigate a "mixed" Christmas.

Is this your first Ramadan as a mixed couple or family? Keep reading for our tips to perfectly navigate a "mixed" Ramadan.

I was born in a Italian-Catholic and Egyptian-Muslim family. All my life a question followed me: what are you? Everyone has always been so eager to label me, to know which of these religions had won; and perhaps, perversely, which of my parents did. Reality is that for me, for my parents, for my brother, it was never a battle of religions. It was never a competition. For us, there was always enough space for both religions to exist, together. Attending church on Christmas with my mum never diminished my father’s Islamic identity, nor participating in Ramadan once shook my mum’s Catholic faith.

First of all, breathe! This is actually a nice thing. Both festivities are meant as moments of reflection. Some Christians fast during lent or use it to get closer to God. This is exactly what Muslims do in Ramadan. There are much more commonalities than you think!