Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha ( الأضحى عيد )

This week brought about the important religious holiday of Eid celebrated by Muslims worldwide. The festival commemorates the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Isma'il) as an act of obedience to God (Allah), before God (Allah) intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead. On this holiday the meat is traditionally divided into three parts to be distributed to others. The family retains one third of the share, another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors and the other third is given to the poor & needy.

In true cultural tradition, our Saudi students prepared a delicious home-cooked feast after sun-down and invited everyone to share and embrace their culture. Traditional prayer, tea, soups, mains, desserts and much more was enjoyed by students from Brazil, Switzerland, Korea, Japan and many more. We all learned something new about our classmates and their traditions this week, with the bonus of filling our tummies with delicious food too……..