Bilan has revolutionized the news agenda in Somalia, the director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States said.
France has enforced a strict ban on religious symbols in state schools since 19th-century laws removed any traditional Catholic influence from public education.
In neighboring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.
During Ramadan, adult Muslims – both men and women and some children – abstain from food and drinks during daylight hours.