The 12-year-old Rohingya refugee dreamed of Ramadan back in his own village - fish to break the day's fast, gifts from his family and relaxing beneath the trees before evening prayers at the mosque.
But for M.D. Hashim and others like him breathing in uncleanliness in Bangladesh, the start of the Islamic holy month now serves as a bitter reminder of everything they have lost since being driven from Myanmar in an army crackdown.
"Here, we can't afford gifts and don't have good food... because this is not our country," Hashim said on a barren hillside in Cox's Bazar district.
In this blessing Ramadan we hope we can enjoy as others Muslim around the world he continues.