Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the core beliefs and practices of the religion.

I am from Agadir, Morocco. I initially came to the U.S. as Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant to teach Arabic at Lincoln University, PA. Before that, I taught English as a high school ...