AP:There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. Such are the ways that some of the religiously unaffiliated, or ‘nones’ — people who are agnostics, atheists or nothing in particular — negotiate their existence in the Middle East and North Africa where religion is often ingrained in life’s very fabric. “I have a double life all the time,” said the 27-year-old Tunisian woman. But according to a Pew Research Center analysis, they were most common in the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, region as of 2019. The Tunisian woman said she fasts to avoid being found out by her Muslim family.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 22, 2023 11:14 UTC