Eid is upon us....

The holiday of Eid is upon us and I cannot wait to bake and decorate cookies with my two boys and of course share them with friends and neighbors. Our Eid is usually spent near by Masjid Al Nabawi in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The hotel is absolutely beautiful with the best breakfast buffet in town I may add (My husband paid me to say that). The Eid setting is usually designed by my husband and I just love to walk around and look at it all. Cloths or red Middle Eastern patterns cover the table, and tall glass jars are filled with chocolates. In the early morning a tray of Maamoul and Ka'ak is delivered to each room door, you can hear the kids playing down the halls up until dawn when everyone comes down in their best attire and anxiously await for the morning Eid prayer. Thousands of languages are spoken but all you can hear is,

ALLAHU AKBAR
ALLAHU AKBAR
ALLAHU AKBAR
LA ILLAHA IL ALLAH
ALLAHU AKBAR,
WALILAHIL HAMD
ALLAHU AKBARU KABEERA
WAL-HAMDULILAHI KATHEERA
WA SUBHAN ALLAHI
BUKRATAN WA ASEILA
LA ILLAHA IL ALLAH
SADAQA WA'DAH
WA NASARA ABDAH
WA A'AZZA JUNDAHU
WA HAZAMAL-AHZAABA WAHDAH
LA ILLAHA IL ALLAH
WA LAA NA'BUDU ILLA IYYAH
MUKHLESSENA LAHUD-DEENA
WALAW KAREHAL-KAFEEROON
ALLAHUMMA SALLI ALA
SAYYEDNA MUHAMMAD
WA ALA AALIE SAYYEDNAMUHAMMAD
WA ALA AS-HAABIE SAYYEDNA
MUHAMMAD
WA ALA ANSARI SAYYEDNA MUHAMMAD
WA ALA AZWAJIE SAYYEDN
MUHAMMAD
WA ALA DHURREYATIE SAYYEDNA
MUHAMMAD
WA SALLIM TASLEEMAN KATHEERA