‘Fastest fast’ is just rumour, says Wekan village elder

MUSCAT: On the first Friday of the Holy Month of Ramadan, when the Times of Oman (TOO) visited Wakan village, located 2,000m above sea level in the Nakhal Wilayat, 72-year-old Saif Abdul Al Riyami was observing his fifth hour of fasting. Sitting on a cement bench in his backyard, adjacent to the mosque, and enjoying the breeze, Al Riyami just smiled when we said the global media had been reporting about the ‘fastest fast’ village.