Eid: the Muslim world prepares for the end of Ramadan

  • 9 years ago
Last minute preparations are underway across the Muslim world, to mark the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the three-day festival of Eid-al-Fitr.

Top 10 #Eid attractions for #Arab visitors to #London http://t.co/qdiZI0efSi pic.twitter.com/gkoNrYZNSm— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) 15 Juillet 2015

In Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank nuts, dried fruit and sweets are piled up on street stalls to tempt shoppers.

In the West Bank city of Hebron, families bustle around preparing for the festivities. In Gaza, the markets are also busy but the atmosphere is very different from a year ago. “People were stressed out last year”, said one man. “The war in Gaza affected us badly. No one was happy, neither the old nor the young. This Eid, everyone is happy.”

“I’m selling balloons to help my father earn money so we can buy new clothes for Eid” Daif, 9, from #Gaza pic.twitter.com/TLSnKMI1ax— UNICEF (@UNICEF) 10 Juillet 2015

Ramadan is all about fasting and so Eid is all about foo

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