Happy Eid El-Fitr to the dear readers of the Egyptian Chronicles around the globe especially those who are observing.
A very special Happy Eid El-Fitr to the people of Gaza, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Despite the death and destruction, Palestinians are endeavouring to celebrate Eid El-Fitr as best they can.
A Palestinian woman with her Eid Kahk aka cookies by Majdi Fathi in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip April 8, 2024 |
Women and children have gathered to make Eid cookies or Kahk, which differs from ours, despite being at the Internal Displacement Camps (IDC), using mud ovens like their ancestors did in 1948.
I read that in Palestinian Rafah, where a million and a half Palestinians have taken refuge, there are two hairdressers with queues of women and children since early Tuesday.
I see videos on Instagram of men having their hair cut in makeshift barbershops inside the tents.