Eid al-Fitr

This past Saturday was Eid al-Fitr, the second biggest holiday on the Islamic calender. It is a day of feasting to commemorate the end of Ramadan and 14-hour fasts (certainly a reason to celebrate!). While I did NOT fast this year, I still fully took part in the festivities in good Huntley fashion - we may not be a religious family, but we definitely enjoy celebrating other people's holidays!





This is me helping cook for the big evening meal! I intended only to stop by in the afternoon to see how the preparations were coming along and put some henna on my hands, but alas I got sucked in to making kebab.






After a long day of cooking (mostly on the part of everyone else!) the dishes were finally ready to be unveiled! There was food from all over the world - kebab from Palestine, hummus from Jordan, friend eggplant from Afghanistan, chicken tikka from Pakistan, and more. Sooooo goooooood!!!





This is a group of us (mostly familiar!) enjoying that delicious food. From right to left Allison West (my roommate in Syria), Michael Winter (all-around good friend), yours truly, and Joe Giacomelli (getting-to-be-a-better-friend).









Did I mention how cute I looked? I made sure to wear my shalwar qameez (the loose-flowing comfy get-up I have on) that was a gift from Pakistan last year.






This is the Pakistan group from last year (minus our friend Zoe, who is a student at Duke). From right to left Andrew Amstutz, Allison West, yours truly, and Owais Gilani (resident Pakistani). It's funny to think that we all spent the last Eid al-Fitr together exactly one (Islamic) year ago in Istanbul. Don't we all look about one year more worldly and intelligent?