Palestinian students studying in Türkiye expressed are spending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan away from their home and family.

Palestinian Abdurrahman Essam, a fourth-year student studying film design at Baskent University in Ankara spoke to Anadolu Agency about his experience observing the holy month away from home.

Essam, who has been living in Türkiye for four years, said he is grateful that he is in a country where he does not feel like an outsider during Ramadan.

“We don’t feel like foreigners here,” he said.” I haven’t had iftar at home since Ramadan began.

“Ramadan is beautifully observed here. We hear the call to prayer in a Muslim country, which makes us happy and not make us feel like foreigners,” he said.

However, he also reflected on the difficulties his home country is currently facing, particularly the situation in Gaza.

“Gaza is in a very difficult situation, still under blockade, and even food is not being provided adequately,” he said.