Eidl Adha 2025 Comments

There's a cutting sound of knives and machetes from the yard, hitting bones, as plates clatter in the kitchen & pots burn black. Glasses clink as men say 'Cheers to more.' I say, 'Cheers to more.'

In the center of Mecca, women in simple coverings and men in plain robes pray and circumambulate. Eid is here again, with nostalgic whiffs of burning meat and the fragrance of loved ones nearby.
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