the "So easy, a 7afartali can do it" Ramadan Survival Guide

Many of you are away from your families this time of year: Ramadan. Although it is hard to be an expat as it is, being away during the month of Ramadan compounds these feelings. One of the many things one misses about Ramadan is the food. You can pray anywhere, you can do good deeds anywhere, and you can always hang out, play cards, and smoke hookah with your [new] friends. But, the food of Ramadan and the whole Levant cuisine is something special that is not easily replicated by those restaurants scattered all around. Even if they do, it would be cost prohibitive to eat out for the whole month. Also, there is usually one really good Middle Eastern restaurant in any given geographic area; their menu would be exhausted and become boring in about a week.
Therefore, I would like to start posting recipes and cooking procedures of some very popular Ramadan and general Levant food items that would make your life as an expat a lot easier.
these posts are aimed at the twenty-thirty something Arab singles living in the west away from mommy! I will work on showing you how to make food in a few easy steps with as few ingredients as possible to accommodate your laziness, time, and the limited financial resources of broke college students, such as myself!

So, brace yourselves for a series of the "So easy, a 7afartali can do it" Ramadan Survival Guide episodes.