6:00 AM

Ring. Ring. Ring. The day begins between 5:00-6:00 A.M. when her friend Tasneem calls to wake Tania up for the break-of-dawn prayer, Fajr. In other parts of the world, cell phones and alarm clocks are replaced by the voice of a muezzin calling Muslims to prayer on loudspeaker. “Hurry to success. Prayer is better than sleep.”