AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File This article was originally published on The Conversation. This article was originally published on The Conversation. For Juan, Ramadan is a balancing act. On the one hand is his religious faith and practice. On the other is his land, his culture, his home: Puerto Rico. Although he weaves these two elements of his identity together in many ways, during Ramadan, the borderline between them becomes palpable.