Title: Technology, Social Media and Ramadan

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3368/c5c6ea4d-f17e-4fe5-b72a-c7e980e55cb8_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Technology, Social Media and Ramadan' data-article-id='3882'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6271'>Technology is shaping the way Muslims spend Ramadan.</span> <span data-start-time='6271' data-end-time='19188'>Islam requires followers to go without food, water and other liquids between sunrise and sunset during the Muslim holy month.</span> <span data-start-time='19188' data-end-time='27646'>This religious custom, known as fasting, is meant to bring people closer to God.</span> <span data-start-time='27646' data-end-time='39771'>Now during Ramadan, more and more Muslims are spending time on social media, computers and other electronic devices.</span> <span data-start-time='39771' data-end-time='49396'>People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during the month.</span> <span data-start-time='49396' data-end-time='57229'>They also watch more YouTube videos now than at any other time of the year.</span> <span data-start-time='57229' data-end-time='64021'>This makes Ramadan an important time of the year for advertisers.</span> <span data-start-time='64021' data-end-time='71833'>Ramez Shehadi is Facebook’s managing director for the Mideast and North Africa.</span> <span data-start-time='71833' data-end-time='80000'>“Consumption and time spent on our platforms does indeed increase,” he said of Ramadan.</span> <span data-start-time='80000' data-end-time='88229'>In general, Muslims stay up a lot more at night during Ramadan and have more free time.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3368/64FE51F3-3354-418D-8E7D-80D4A9599703_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12988 data-hint-location='71833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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Technology is shaping the way Muslims spend Ramadan. Islam requires followers to go without food, water and other liquids between sunrise and sunset during the Muslim holy month. This religious custom, known as fasting, is meant to bring people closer to God. Now during Ramadan, more and more Muslims are spending time on social media, computers and other electronic devices. People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during the month. They also watch more YouTube videos now than at any other time of the year. This makes Ramadan an important time of the year for advertisers. Ramez Shehadi is Facebook’s managing director for the Mideast and North Africa. “Consumption and time spent on our platforms does indeed increase,” he said of Ramadan. In general, Muslims stay up a lot more at night during Ramadan and have more free time.

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