Hiiii
EID Mabrouk for everyone. I hope it will be a real Eid someday when Iraq is safe.
At Eid I can see my childhood, Thana, with 2 long pigtails, jumping from place to place, happy with new wear (clothes) and eidieah (mean money) for children to spend.
Eid was different when I become a mother, because of big responsibility for me. My children Yasser, Sarah & Hageir were all born in the period of embargo (blockade) to Iraq. It was hard years for all women in my country. Children needs do not end, and hard to do with bad salary of no more than $4 monthly. Can u believe that any family can live on that? …so when Eid used to come, I was feel sad before many days, hard to buy new wear for children. But I did what almost all Iraqi women did…we change old clothes to a new model. I was designing the model and my friend Azhaar (al Moustanseireyah Univ. lib. & info sci.) and her sister Anaam (study now PhD in al Moustanseireyah Univ. lib & info sci.) saw this clothes and everybody surprised about my children?s wears (clothes) and how much it?s beautiful. Great thanks for good friends.
Also, my neighbor is Christian and she was come to give my children eidieah before Eid, She did that to help me in buying my children wears (clothes).
Iraqi people help each other, and love each other, we aren?t intolerant, and can?t believe now when we hear about sectarianism ? it?s foreign for us to find.
Now (December 2007) I can buy everything my children need, and I am so happy to do, but…where can they wear this new clothes??? only at home as we can?t get them to a restaurant or playing outside in the city, etc. because of the danger.
In Eid, we exchange congratulation with neighbors, relatives & friends using Mobile phone because of many dangers in Iraq.
At last, remembering this story makes me feel strong willed, that always hard days makes u feel the wonderful taste of good days.
Happy Eid for everyone in the world!
(This blog edited by Harvey Varnet, who was requested to do so by Thana. The blog shows the spirit of many of our Iraqi colleagues who have suffered many hardships yet maintain a strong sense of human warmth and compassion. There are two ?eids? in the Muslim calendar. The Muslim holiday “Eid al-Adha” (the Festival of Sacrifice) follows the annual Islamic pilgrimage (Hajj) and Eid al-Fitr celebrates the end of the holy month of Ramadan.)