Crisis and conflict overshadow Eid in the Middle East
- 9 years ago
In Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, like Muslims around the world, has marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival.
It is supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions in the Muslim calendar but in Yemen, hit by fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led Arab coalition, joy is in short supply.
“Most people will not feel the joy of Eid because they are displaced from their homes and some children are homeless,” said Mabrouk al-Matari, a resident of the capital, Sanaa.
“People are in a very difficult situation. Times are tough. They don’t have an income. They are having to look for their daily bread.”
Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid in #Yemen. http://t.co/bbeDzEl6Fh Oxfam staff blog from #YemenCrisis pic.twitter.com/a7d47PBNKv— Oxfam International (@Oxfam) 17 Juillet 2015
Only a handful of residents could be seen celebrating Eid in Syria’s divided city of Aleppo.
It is a main battleground in the country’s civil war an
It is supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions in the Muslim calendar but in Yemen, hit by fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led Arab coalition, joy is in short supply.
“Most people will not feel the joy of Eid because they are displaced from their homes and some children are homeless,” said Mabrouk al-Matari, a resident of the capital, Sanaa.
“People are in a very difficult situation. Times are tough. They don’t have an income. They are having to look for their daily bread.”
Eid is upon us. But it doesn’t feel like Eid in #Yemen. http://t.co/bbeDzEl6Fh Oxfam staff blog from #YemenCrisis pic.twitter.com/a7d47PBNKv— Oxfam International (@Oxfam) 17 Juillet 2015
Only a handful of residents could be seen celebrating Eid in Syria’s divided city of Aleppo.
It is a main battleground in the country’s civil war an