Life is busy enough for working mothers, and even more so for Muslim mothers fasting through Ramadan. While they still have all the day-to-day routine of shopping, cooking, work and childcare, they are also trying to get closer to Allah by fasting, praying and preparing special food to be eaten only after sundown.
The holy month for Muslims involves not eating or drinking anything from dawn to sunset - currently around 15 hours from 5.15am to 8.15am in Wales . That means getting up before dawn to eat, drink and pray before the day ahead, as well as fitting in the extra worship and good deeds which are also part of Ramadan.
Mother of two Deebia Haque, 40, from Roath, Cardiff, who has sons aged two and nine, gets up at 3.30am throughout Ramadan to give time to eat and pray just before dawn. She admits it is a long day, but said she is spurred on by an increased connection to her faith.
