It is hard to say in the Arab World, but judging from accent and religious greetings, I have flown during Ramadan without incident. However, there are known ex

It is hard to say in the Arab World, but judging from accent and religious greetings, I have flown during Ramadan without incident. However, there are known exceptions to fasting when traveling during Ramadan. It is one of the few times when you are exempted, save illness, from fasting. Despite what people say, Islam has a very practical mindset about these things and many people push themselves, name the elderly and sick, and that upsets me because I see many whose medical conditions exempt them. How do doctors get around it? They don't show up! Jokes aside, where I live, office hours are reduced to six hours a day. This is partly fasting, but because many stay up late to recite the Quran (Taraweeh and later Tajahhud) into the late hours of the evening and wake up for pre-dawn prayers.