Ukraine in Arabic | Crisis and conflict overshadow Eid in the Middle East
21.07.2015 - 15:05
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. Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ 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.”
