Miserable Eid for those stranded in Gaza
Date: 12 / 10 / 2007
Gaza – Ma'an – The people of the Gaza described Ramadan as a miserable month, not because of the task of fasting between daylight hours, but because of the siege imposed on the two and a half million people living in the open air prison that is the Gaza Strip.
Nor has Eid Al-Fitr brought much joy to Gaza's inhabitants. At a time when people travel to visit family and friends, Gazans are not allowed to leave the Strip to see their relatives in the West Bank and even in other parts of the world.
Zuzu Fakhr Al Dayeh left all her children in the United Arab Emirates, returning to Gaza to see her sick mother. She has now been in Gaza six months, denied permission to return to her children in the Emirates. She said spending Eid Al-Fitr away from her children is devastating.
Palestinians celebrate Eid Al-Fitr
Date: 12 / 10 / 2007
Bethlehem - Ma'an – Palestinian Muslims in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip celebrated Eid Al-Fitr, on Friday.
Eid Al-Fitr is very much a social occasion when family and friends get together to enjoy specially prepared foods, including cakes filled with dates and nuts, after a month of fasting.
The Eid Al-Fitr is a three day holiday in Palestine. On the first day worshippers attend a twenty minute ceremony in the mosque before going to visit friends.
However, in Palestine the Eid festival is always tinged with sadness. People remember those who have died and others who cannot be with their families as they are in Israeli detention.
from Ma'anNews
Eid Mubarak to All Palestine!