Our Fourth Annual Iftar with the Albuquerque Turkish Community

It has become a wonderful tradition. Every year during the month of Ramadan, the Turkish community in Albuquerque, via the Dialogue Institute of the Southwest and the Turkish Raindrop House, invites the Interfaith Hunger Coaltion to share an iftar meal on Thursday, May 30. After a full day of fasting, Muslims around the world gather to share a meal to break their fast.

Necip and Rabia Orhan and members of their community have done a wonderful job or reaching out to various congregations, organizations and civic groups in Albuquerque to join with them in this meaningful meal. There are several opportunities during the Ramadan season to do so. For example, the Albuquerque Baha'i community joined in the iftar on May 8.(Of course, not every iftar is shared with folks outside their community, but many of these meals are used as an opportunity for community building and sharing of the Muslim traditions).

This year, the Dialogue Institute and Turkish Raindrop House have invited us to join in their fast-breaking meal on May 30,  beginning at sundown (about 7:30 p.m.) This is the fourth time in which we have broken bread together.

If you have not already signed up for some of the other opportunities, please join us that evening.  RSVP for May 30 on the Eventbrite site set up for the occasion. (And if you are unable to join us on May 30, by all means please register for one of the other dates).  For our own counting purposes, please also send a note to Carlos Navarro, breadnm@gmail.com with your name and the number of people in your party. This is only for the May 30 iftar.

We hope to see many of you there.