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The Feast of Sacrifice(Eid el-Adha)
Ashraf Sadek Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 13 - 11 - 2010

Youm el-tallat el-qadem, el-Masryeen ha yehitflu b Eid el-Adha elli beigi youm asharaah min el-shahr el-arabi Zul Heija. El-Shahr dah, howa shahr el- Hajj (pilgrimage).
Next Tuesday, Muslim Egyptians will celebrate the Feast of Sacrifice, which falls on the tenth day of the Muslim month of Dhul el-Hijja.
Peter: Yaani eh kalimaat Eid? (What does the word Eid mean in Arabic).
Suzane: Eid yaani ihtifal, aw saadah. (Eid is an Arabic word that means a festivity, a celebration, a recurring happiness, and a feast).
Peter: Tayeb ezai el-Muslimeen b yahtfilu b Eid el-Adha?
Suzane: Homa be yishtru hidoom gadidah, wei hadaiya, wei lahmaa dhani
le nafssohum wei llil nas el-ghalaabah wei mihtageen. (They buy new clothes, gifts, and plenty of mutton meat for themselves, the poor and needy people).
Suzanne: Youm el-Eid, el-giraan, elassdiqaa, wei el-qaraaeb be hayou
baadeihm b eibaaret Eid Mubarak. (On the day of the feast, neighbours, friends and relatives start greeting each other.
The most common greeting is "Eid Mubarak" (Have a blessed Eid).
Peter: Tayeb, wei el-atfaal b yahtfilu b Eid el-Adha ezzai? (How do the children celebrate the Feast of Sacrifice?)
Suzanne: El-atfaal b yakhdu hadaiyat w illey adaatant bitkoon hidoom gadidah ashaan yelbissoha khilal el-eid elli b yastamir le modiat arbaa ayaam.
(Children were normally given gifts, which traditionally are new clothes to wear throughout the four-day eid.)
Homa kamaan b yakhdu eidyah min araibhum ashaan yesrifuha khilal ayam el-eid.
Children also receive a eidyah (a money gift) from their relative to spend on all their activities throughout the eid.
Peter: Tayeb el-Masryeen b yaklou eih fi el-eid?
Suzan: Afrad el-Osra beit gammau w youtbokhu w yaklu kol el-akalaat el- Masryiah we khassatan tabaq el-Fattah elli b yetkaoun min lahma dhani, roz, eish, shorbah, thome, w khal.
The families gatherings involve cooking and eating all kinds of Egyptian food but the item most associated with Eid el-Adha is the dish of Fattah, which consists of chunks of mutton, rice, bread crumpet soaked in soup, and a light sauce of garlic and vinegar.

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