Sentence examples for day eid from inspiring English sources

By Jenna Krajeski February 14 , 2011Valentine's Day — Eid El-Hob or "Love Day" — is normally big enough in Cairo, celebrated in a way that American couples would recognize: red roses, plush hearts in gift stores, specials at romantic restaurants.

On the Muslim holy day Eid al-Adha, the Pakistanis distribute choice cuts of goat meat -- the liver and the testicles -- to the Indians; on the holiday of Dewali, the Hindus give boiled milk sweets to the Muslims.

Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Imag Updated at 12.42pm GMT 12.23pm GMT 439 killed during ceasefire, activists claim The Local Coordination Committee in Syria, an activist group that opposed entering ceasefire negotiations with the Assad regime, claimed 439 were killed during the four day Eid holiday when the truce was supposed to have been in place.

Valentine's Day — Eid El-Hob or "Love Day" — is normally big enough in Cairo, celebrated in a way that American couples would recognize: red roses, plush hearts in gift stores, specials at romantic restaurants.

The ceasefire coincides with the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of Ramadan.

The Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, is reported to be willing to consider the proposal by the UN-Arab Lakhdarenvoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, for a ceasefire for the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday on 26 October.

Ghani declared a unilateral week-long cease-fire to begin this past week, and the Taliban agreed to honor it during the three-day Eid period that ends Sunday.

The insurgents' terse announcement came as thousands of Taliban fighters continued swarming into cities and towns to celebrate the three-day Eid holiday, mingling cordially with civilians, hugging police officers and posing for selfies.

In another video said to be from Monday (Eid al-Adha) by the man narrating, people run from continuous, heavy gunfire as smoke rises in the background.

The Taliban have agreed to a cease-fire coinciding with the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Badi said a sought-after "humanitarian pause" would last till the end of the three-day Eid, expected to start on July 17.