Ramadan leaves different things with different people. For some, it leaves gratitude, fresh momentum, and a desire to keep building on what opened up. For others, the change after Eid feels sharper than expected: the atmosphere quietens, the rhythm loosens, and it becomes harder to hold on to the sense of connection and purpose that Allah made possible at the time.  Most of us know something of both. We leave Ramadan with something good, and with the question of how to keep it well.

‍That is why this month’s Muallif gathering is called Carrying Forward: What Ramadan Gave Us. It is offering a down to earth space to reflect on what the month left with us, to think about the good we want to keep, and to reconnect with others who are trying to continue well.