Author: Marshall Jones Jr.

No smoking. No sex. No eating. No drinking anything. The extra devout don’t even swallow their saliva. During the month of Ramadan, the entire Kingdom of Saudi Arabia fasts from sunup to sundown. The season…

We told the students we’d probably change the schedule, but they’d have to wait to catch the news in the evening. And sure enough, even though everyone said Ramadan would probably be today, it wasn’t….

The fruit caught between my teeth earlier grew in Ethiopia. My toothbrush was made in Saudi Arabia. The toothpaste was distributed by a company in New York. My razor came from China, same as my fingernail…