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color america: Sophia's Ramadan

Sophia Esmail, 15, of Andover, Mass., practices and preserves her Muslim faith by observing Ramadan, despite the cultural and racial challenges she faces as a first generation teenager living in the United States. 

These images were made on the last day of Ramadan 2004. 

  • Sophia Esmail, 15, right, of Andover, prays at the newly built mosque in Billerica in observance of Ramadan, a month-long Muslim holiday.
  • The men pray below while the women pray separately upstairs in an enclosed area of the mosque.
  • Muslim men pray in the central quarters of the mosque while women pray on the balcony above.
  • After prayer, the women and men break the fast in separate quarters.
  • Sophia Esmail laughs with friends as they break the fast at the mosque in Billerica.
  • Zainab Doctor, 12, of Andover rests after breaking her fast for Ramadan at the mosque in Billerica.
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