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Eid al-Fitr

Or Eid ul-Fi·tr

[eed uhl-fee-truh]

noun

  1. an Islamic festival that begins the day after Ramadan ends.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Eid al-Fitr1

First recorded in 1730–40, Eid al-Fitr is from Arabic ʿīd al-fiṭr “festival of the breaking of the fast”
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"Instead of celebrating Eid al-Fitr with Rifaat, we went with the Red Cross to collect his body from Nasser hospital in Khan Younis to bury him," she recalls.

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On March 31, the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan, two masked gunmen from military factions affiliated with the Syrian army executed six Alawites in the village of Haref Benemra, including the mayor and a child, authorities said.

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This week, during the normally festive Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, many Gazans say they have gone hungry.

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If agreed, the new limited ceasefire agreement could coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

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The annual Eid al-Fitr event, held outside a large mosque in the city’s Parkside neighborhood, came to a sudden end when some 30 shots rang out at about 2:30 p.m.,

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