Eid

[diffrentcolours]

We live on a street where about a quarter of the houses have Muslim families. This morning I watched our neighbours opposite, who moved in fairly recently and we don't know well, pose for photos outside their house all dressed up in smart clothes. Later on our next door neighbour, who we know well enough to have sent an Eid card, was outside with his toddler and wife, chatting with another neighbour, who is white and not religious AFAIK.

The weather is nice enough that I had the windows open - not enough to overhear any conversations but enough to know that there is chatter and happiness around me. It's nice.

ETA: Our next door neighbour just brought round some food and and a really cute little teapot for us!

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

I'm sorry I'm missing the celebrations. There's been lovely Eid messages in the Warwick House Group Chat today.

[otter]

I'm not sure if we have any nearby Muslim neighbors, but certainly our neighborhood has many who celebrate Eid.

[apiphile]

OMG a gift! Everyone in my neighbourhood was out in their best clothes and a bunch of people were posing for photos in front of... the entrance to the tube station, which was A Choice.

[barakta]

I haven't noticed much Eid stuff where we are which is a shame, I haven't left the house tho. Usually work makes a bigger thing of it, sending something round and they didn't today. I wonder if it'll come round on Monday, too late.

[barakta]

Also, how lovely of your neighbours to bring food and a gift. I want to show this sort of thing to all the Reformy wankers who are hatey and show them "Actually it's lovely and Muslim people are often brilliant and generous and kind and share their special festivals with us non judgmentally".

[diffrentcolours]

Yeah. We sent them an Eid card, they gave us a gift, just nice neighbour stuff. Like we do Christmas cards for the whole street.

I was hanging around outside earlier when people were leaving another house for some Eid celebration or other, and they seemed happy that I wished them Eid Mubarak, while standing outside my house with rainbow window stickers.