Story of a Trailing Spouse: Eyd-e-Fetr Mubarak 1430 Hijrah...

sign board to commemorate the auspicious day, at Azadi Sq.

Salaam,

Allahu Akbar...Allahu Akbar...Allahu Akbar...Walillahil hamdu...

For the very first time in our four and a half years of living in Iran, Eid-ul Fitr or Hari Raya Aidil Fitri was celebrated simultaneously on the same day as in most other countries in the region and indeed over a majority of the Muslim world...Alhamdulillah. This year the auspicious day of 1st of Syawal 1430 Hijrah fell on Sunday, 20th of September.

As in the last four previous Eid Fitr or Eyde-e-Fetr in Persian, our day began with a mass congregational Eid prayer, many thanks once again to the kindness of our Indonesian Ambassador and community for unfailingly hosting the annual morning ritual. And as usual it was followed by a sumptuous refreshment and breakfast of delectable selection of Indonesian cuisines from their different provinces.

In addition, we also had a great opportunity to listen to a highly spiritual and heart-rendering sermon after the prayer from a very notable Indonesian Islamic preacher, especially flown from Jakarta during the holy month of Ramadhan and Syawal.

We also had the opportunity to meet and mingle with a few Indonesian parliamentarians and their delegation who happened to be in Tehran on an official mission.

Overall it was another first morning of Eid of quality time well-spent with our ASEAN as well as other Muslim colleagues from Kenya. And for the rest of the day...need an extra-creativity of mind to really pass the time by, since there were nothing much to do then, followed by an afternoon siesta after that...who knows you could be lucky enough to dream of all those beautiful Hari Raya nostalgia of the days gone by, back home, which we've been missing so very very much...

Eid Mubarak to all Muslim readers and visitors to my blogsite...

Wassalam.