Itssssssssssssssss coooooooomiiiiiiing!

Yaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Alhamdulillaaaah! It's coming its coming its comiiiiing! :) Less than two weeks left. Unbelievable! :))))

Yes! I am talking about Ramadhan! :) I feel so joyeous about its return. I feel as though this Ramadhan is going to be awesome inshaallah. Soooo very excited about it. So! you ready girls???

My excitement may possibly be related to doing half of Ramadhan in Oz, and completing the other half in Turkey, my beloved Istanbul?! Yesss that does have a lot to do with it. :)

Well, I have promised myself that this Ramadhan I am going to live to the fullest inshaallah. Both in terms of ibadah (prayers, supplications, charities, etc) and in seeing people... Oh and what about foooooooooooooood?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Seriously, overeating is totally out of the question, it is so against the spirit of Ramadhan. Eat in moderation, and consider the situation of those who cannot afford to eat what we eat... or even eat one of the many different types of meals we prepare for iftar (breaking fast). Well, I have the advantage of the band which wont allow me to overeat anyway :P So alhamdulillah to that also :)

Ummmmm so you will be getting blog posts from Oz (maybe not many as I will be busy moving all my furniture either to storage (until I return from turkey) or to storage... Butttttttttttttt inshaallah I will share the best Ramadhan posts from Istanbul. Ohhh I'm gonna go to the Ramadhan fair at the Blue Mosque grounds. It happens every year since the Ottomans. So it's a very old tradition. Oooh I better not share much now and leave it all to time. :))))

Yes, I'm happy... excited... Obvious? Well it's a good thing. Alhamdulillah. :) Alhamdulillah my flu is also starting to go away. It's been two weeks, still recovering alhamdulillah. On top of all that, I am still buried under heaps of translation work. Of course I am thankful to Allah for that also. A girl needs an income you know. :)

Well, I'll leave it at that for now. :) Just wanted to share the love.

Mwahhhhh

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Eid Festival and Article in the Paper

Remember what I mentioned in my previous post? The Eid festival... The photos... Article in the local paper...?

Yeah?

Well, I thought it was going to be published tomorrow, but nope, it came out today.

So here is the article by Kylie ELSE from the online version:

There were better photos... but oh well, not so bad :))

"AFTER a decade of celebrations at Broadmeadows Valley Park, the Eid Festival has moved to the Broadmeadows Town Hall, signalling a revamp of the event.

The festival, which marks the end of Ramadan, will be held from 11am this Saturday and Sunday.

Event spokesman Neil Aykan said it would be a “different set-up” with weather playing less of a part than previous years.

“In previous years, rain and mud was an issue,” he said.

It will be set up in and around the town hall, with the stage inside and rides in the carpark behind the council office.

Comedians, school choirs and cultural music will be the main entertainment, while more than 50 stalls will include food, clothing and jewellery.

Mr Aykan said “entertainment is universal” and welcomed the wider community to come along.

“It’s a Muslim activity but the whole community is encouraged to attend.”

A fireworks display will also feature, with organisers asking residents to keep pets inside between 8 and 9pm.

Eid-al Fitr is a three-day celebration where Muslims take part in a morning prayer, then visit relatives, the sick and elderly, and the poor.

The Eid Festival has become a major event in Broadmeadows."

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