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Eid’s Five

If you missed last year’s things to do in Eid Egyptian style, here it is.

Since Eid is coinciding with a Friday this year here’s another five things to do this year.

  1. Play cards with your friends and family.  I know it is not really Eidish, but it seems like a fun thing to do instead of even attempting to go out.
  2. Grab a Wii, Playstation or something and have a tournament.  See if you can get grandma to play too.
  3. Have a barbecue.  Invite people and see who can come up with the best kofta or whatever recipe.
  4. Do not complain about Eid el La7ma.  First you should be grateful that you can eat la7ma whenever you like and second that people around you are not poor and beyedba7o weywaza3o we rabena yekatar we yerzo2 el kol.
  5. Talk about good stuff.  No complaining about a certain event that took place last week or any week for that matter.  Don’t talk about prices that are going through the roof.  Think about the happy memories and good things.

I am posting this early because I wanted to wish everyone a happy Eid before everyone disappeared.

Eid Sa3eed and have a great holiday.

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نصائح العيد من أختكوا الكبيره

  • روحوا البنك و جيبوا كبشة أربع جديده عشان تشتغلوا العيال الصغيره و تاخذوا منهم العديه تبدلولهم العشرينات و الخمسينات بالإربع
  • ماحدش يتطافس على الكحك علشان في واحده صاحبتنا )هي عارفه نفسها كويس) أكلت كحك كتير طحن لحد ما تعبت و من يومها مش بتاكل الكحك خالص
  • ناموا بدري ليلة العيد علشان تلحقوا الصلاة
  • إشتروا بمب و بلالين كتير عشان تلعبوا و تضايقوا الجران
  • ما حدش يفكر يخرج أول يوم العيد في الزحمه.  أولا بلاش عشان البيئه و ثانيا علشان أنفلونزا الخنازير و العدوى

و كل سنه و إنتوا طيبين و حلوين

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Things to do in Eid – Egyptian Style

  1. Eat “fattah” for breakfast.
  2. Watch old plays (masra7eyat) on TV.
  3. Play with firecrackers (bomb)
  4. Call everyone after Eid prayers to say “Eid Mubarak”, you could of course take it a step further and call before prayers to wake everyone up.
  5. Take a shower (7omayet el 3eed, 3ashan el magary tetfa7)
  6. Wish you hadn’t eaten so much “fattah”.
  7. Try to trick your little cousins into exchanging their 3edeya 20LEs for lots of 25 piasters.
  8. Try to convince your uncles and aunts that you are not too old for a 3edeya.

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Go make your phone calls

It’s wa2fet 3arafa. Kol sana wento tayebeen.  Has anyone watched the TV broadcast of the day?  When I was younger I used to love watching them broadcast it.  Something magican about watching millions of people all dressed in white, comming from all over the world, with only one intention; to perform Hajj.  Anyways, I still love listening to all of the presenters talk about it, wish the Ummah a great Eid and hand over the mic to the next person.  My favorite line is “wa2fet 3arafa, a3adaho Allaho 3alaykom belyomn wal barakat wayantakel al2an el microphone ila el zameel folan el folany men el iza3a el folaneya”.

Weird right?  That is probably one of my strongest memories of Eid.  I had to go run some last minute pre-Eid errands so I didn’t get to watch.   I mainly wanted to watch this year to start my own family Eid tradition with my daughter.  I am big on family traditions, heirlooms and memories.  They create great stories for the younger generations and help them blend into the older members of the family and weave a colorful tapestry of family memories.

So, this Eid I am wishing you all Eid Mubarak! Pick up the phone call your grandparents, great aunts or uncles if they are still around.  Call the members of your extended family.  Yalla, what are you waiting for?

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Things to do in Kuwait

More than a year ago, when I moved to Kuwait, I wondered what could be done in Kuwait.  Last week my mother and sister were visiting for Eid and we discovered lots of interesting things that could be done.  Needless to say these activities were so much more fun because they were with me but I am sure you could still enjoy yourself on your own.

Marrakesh Decor was amazing

Marrakesh Decor was amazing

Dining out.  We went crazy trying different cuisines.  Our favorite was Wasabi a Sushi place, followed by Marrakesh a Moroccan place.  The rule was if you can’t pronounce it then you should order it.  We also had Indian and Chinese at Magha El Mahal.

Shopping, which I don’t usually enjoy was enjoyable this time.  I probably tried on dozens of different hats on my daughter and took funny pictures, so if you saw a crazy momy with a little baby girl with huge hats on her head that was probably me.

Color Me Mine selection of ceramics

Color Me Mine selection of ceramics

Pottery painting.  There’s a lovely little Color Me Mine cafe at Marina.  We spent 2 hours painting on ceramics, drinking coffee and generally having lots of fun.  I love doing Arts and Crafts but I am a bit painting challenged but it was not as difficult as I had expected.  My sister was the smartest one and chose a Mug that had a message on it so all she had to do was color it in.  My mother and I painted coasters which turned out to be harder because you have to use your imagination completely.

Fishes in the Aquarium

Fishes in the Aquarium

Aquarium and Imax:  I had already been to the Aquarium but not to the Imax shows. We went to two shows, one about Egyptian Mummies and another about Going to the moon.  They were amazing and the experience was really worth it.

The beach.  We all went to Nadi Ras el Ard and had a swim.  My sister got my daughter a huge yellow float with a little mini chair so she was so happy sitting in it in the water splashing around and kicking her feet like there was no tommorrow.

The musical fountain at Al Koot was also a wonderful show.  The weather was pleasant and we enjoyed the show.

We also went to the Moubarkeya Souk.  Lots of very interesting things were on sale and just the fun of browsing was enough, it is seriously worth a visit for a taste of a more authentic Kuwait.  You can buy copper items, bu5ur, silver and wooden boxes and so many different and interesting things.

There were other things which we wanted to do and see but didn’t have enough time.  We wanted to go ice skating and to the Zoo.  Next time insha2allah then.

Hope you all had a wonderful and interesting Eid too.

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