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At the prime of my childhood, around 5 years old, I boldly declared I did not want to spend my next holidays on the beach. Visiting the Louvre sounded much more exciting to me! My then bucket list consisted of eating pizza in Pisa, seeing the infamous Monalisa with my own eyes, checking if the Coliseum was real, and trying all chocolate-based ice cream flavors in Italy.

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

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!

When everyone of my friends already in a doctoral programme told me that the PhD would have been the most difficult thing of my life, I didn’t believe them. I thought they were just being a little dramatic. Let me tell you, they were not.