Ah the plus-es of working at the American Community School in Beirut. Last week Tom got two days off for American Thanksgiving. Next week its three days off for Eid al Adha.
This Eid (as opposed to Eid el Fitr, the one that ends Ramadan, or, for that matter, Eid il Milead, Christmas) celebrates Ibrahim’s/Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son. Allah/God intervened and provided a ram instead, and for Eid al Adha some Muslims and Druze kill a goat or sheep and share the meat with family, friends and the poor. It is also marks the end of the Haj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that the devout make once in a lifetime if they are able.
We are celebrating the planned arrival of our boys on Friday night!! (no plans to slaughter a sheep)
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