Help! Talk to me about Eid...
By shabina921 •
I know it's a ways off, but I would love to hear how people in Qatar celebrate the holiday. I imagine it's more fun here than in the U.S. for example, because Qatar is a Muslim country.
Does anyone have special traditions to commemorate the end of Ramadan? I would like to profile some responders in a magazine I write for. Let me know asap! Thanks :)
eh, you can be filthy rich and 500 pounds...munch, munch...you don't have to budget on food...
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Eating is the answer...
and here was me thinkng you r quite rich!!! "diamond" girl...lol
do it right - the first time!
ROFL. Sweet Petite who really does live in Qatar and is female I swear!
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
none taken, Gypsy...found your analogy really funny...nearly brought up my Iftar truth be told when I read the thread...
though seriously thinking of changing my name to SweetPetite or something like that...
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Dieting is the answer...
LOL. Once again DG, no insults meant, I was just trying to think of an image that would probably be the exact opposite of what you are really like. :D
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
I must have since I've swelled up to 500 pounds...
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Burp...
LOL DG! And I thought you said you didn't binge eat at Ramadan! LOL.
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
ROFL,Gypsy, I've only got one thing to say to you.....................................................................BUUUUUUURP!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, and gee thanks for the image! Burp...
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Big Macs are the answer...
LOL. I can fill you in on the wild world of slander, libel and copyright laws.
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
Moriarty ;)
*rubbing hands together, greedily, and feeling conspiratorial .... conspiratorial is fed up with being felt*
Yes it has Jauntie, and each time it makes the Gulf Times it's shoddy journalism, and those reporters should be fired.
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
written this (open) forum, because I can type my own ID 'jauntie' into Google and it's open to the world to print off whatever I've said!
The moving pen writes and so moves on and gets printed ...
But stuff has left this forum and hit Gulf newspapers before now.
Oh I SO wish I was less scrupulous :/
Jauntie you can say whatever you want as long as it is within the rules of this forum. Anything you say which may cause problems is ultimately Qatari's problem for "publishing" it.
I mean what is to stop me from saying "I saw George W. Bush being sodomized by an elephant on the white house lawn" and Shabhina quoting me? Quoting people on an annoynmous public forum without 100% proof of their identity and their honesty is shoddy journalism.
There actually might be issues with plagerism here as well. It's been a while since I studied copyright law, but there is the possibility that Qatari owns everything we write on this forum. (People can prove me wrong on that one).
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
yes shoddy and unprofessional--- esp if your intention is not stated from the outset... we choose not to use our real names but we aspire to transparency on this website about our intentions.
so here is a little writing frame for you:
I am a journalist/reporter for ..............
I would like to write a feature/article about.....
because..........
from ............... point of view/impartial
i would like to hear your opinions and please if anyone would be willing to be open please pm me. thank you shabina
i have been asked a couple of times to be interviewed on differing topics.... and i declined
all respect to he who asked and accepted a polite refusal
i express my views behind my virtual veil!
ramadan kareem DG.....
bet all the fishes their will devour on your body..hmmmm, what a shame...lemme know when, will capture this moment on video and hand it over to your parents..or, say will watch it over one social's dvd nights..:D
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"Does anyone have special traditions to commemorate the end of Ramadan? I would like to profile some responders in a magazine I write for. Let me know asap! Thanks :)"
will not see you having those moments ... my last moments in life ... I don't want anything to stop me from doing that .. I'm waiting for the high tides anyway, want to die in one piece, don't want you guys having trouble in collecting my body later :)
does that mean I can say what I want provided no one knows who I really am?
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
burp poop fart fcuk bottoms bosoms(oops that one was rude)
hehehe even my mum wouldn't know me
edited because shabina didn't say 'write about' but 'hear'
intention not stated.
i thought anecdotal ideas were being solicited.
at the risk of sounding desperate - what time will you be throwing yourself off the Corniche into the sea?
I should probably point out that I'm sure DG isn't a 500 pound American man. :P
Jauntie, I'm not sure what the laws about sources for stories are here, but I know for a fact that quoting someone without knowing their identity can lead to major legal problems in the West. Any journalist in the West would be fired before you could count to 10 if their editor found out.
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
last time u stepped on the scale it touched 750 pound
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
IS a 500 pound American who has never left San Francisco and is making things up about Ramadan and Eid
500 LB ? hmmm ok ... will think about that
I would be there on corniche tonight, but I guess that you are looking for DaRuDe not me :( Will throw myself in the sea tonight and kill myself ... but wait .. it is low tide tonight, will suffer bad injuries only :(
but I wonder if many journalists take note of what you say.
That old chestnut 'Why spoil a story with the facts' springs to mind
It is shoddy journalism to quote people you don't know. For all you know DG is a 500 pound American who has never left San Francisco and is making things up about Ramadan and Eid. I mean, I don't know where you work, but my editors would never let me quote someone who's identity and honesty I wasn't 100% sure of.
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
We trawwwwwwl the Corniche for tall dark handsome men.
What time you gonna be there DaRu?
talking about a guy here or a dish of food? Smells good, looks good .. is he tasting good too? :) Guess not with that perfume ...
Good evening my ladies ... Jauntie and Alexa .. long time no see :)
I used to also have a 'thing' about Gaddafi (until he farted, whilst sitting on a cushion in his tent, during that interview he did for BBC a few years back). Origin of the 'cushion creeper?'
Still didn't QUITE put me off, though.
what are you both ladies up to Jauntie & Alexa. hmm :?
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Isn't he yummy??
this is a public forum and we all respect each others opinions on here, but we don't expect those 'opinions' to by used for journalistic means.
You have, unfortunately, put some of us on our guard. Maybe fortunately?
You probably meant well, but scared some off ..
i think there's some misunderstanding...i would never publish someone's quotes without their consent. i am not only seeking qataris' experience in qatar, but ex-pats as well. it's not shoddy journalism to seek a diverse array of opinions about an article that could educate readers interested in learning more about a muslim holiday.
hope this clears things up.
shabina
I'm now in love with the Sheikh - oh he's to DIE for !!!!!
This is in reference to his plea to give to charity. But he's soooooooo lovely ..
Mind you I also fancy the Kaboos in Oman, so I guess (like my mum always said) I'm just 'boy' mad.
'pologies for spellin'
PM, thanks, we are really enjoying all the spiritual benefits of Ramadan in our lifelong quest to be ever closer to Allah and His love.
It's a quiet month of relection for us coupled with hosting/providing Iftars for those in need...that's one of the highlights for us. There really is so much more in giving than receiving. _______________________________________________________
Love is the answer...
just checked Shabina's profile. Journalist from US - well hush my mouth :#
there are so many people on this site, either users or guests, that I have no doubt many 'journalists' glean material for their articles from here.
The front page of the Gulf Times the other day had an article about 'mad driving in Doha' giving quotes from ex-pats. Wonder where they got the quotes from ... no names were mentioned.
Who is Shabina anyway? Stand up and come clean, yer wee sneaky person - going around PMing our most venerated members of QL unsolicited!!!
Go away and don't come back ! :P
(I shall probably find now that she's a well respected member of QL who I had simply missed noticing - sigh)
I too have opted out of participating...that's why I removed my post about Eid.
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PM, surely the point of usernames is to give one the option of everyne knowing their name or being anonymous. Most people on this website have usernames which are not their real names. So I deduce that most people don't want others to know who they are on the public forum.
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Love is the answer...
Pretty shoddy journalism to be using someone's Username on a website. Pretty shoddy journalism to have to turn to a website for stories to! Especially what sounds to be a silly little fluff piece like this.
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
india 25/1 - 3rd over
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
xena & baj have actually "found" that my "real" name is Ahmed/Ahmad!
They are so "clever& Intelligent" they read your mind, gypsy! heheheee..
"Be strong but not arrogant
Be modest but not weak"
S.H
I didn't want my Username to be mentioned either and then she pushed a bit (or as least that's how it felt to me) and said that may not be possible.
Like I said I shouldn't have posted anything...just too eager to answer questions about Qatar!!!
No hard feelings either way insha'Allah...
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But how would she find out who you are DG?
"I fight with love and I laugh with rage, you have to live light enough to see the humor and long enough to see some change." Ani Difranco
Ah, Jautie, thanks for asking. Bit peeved actually. The creator of this thread has said to me via PM that my anonymity may not be protected as she wanted to publish what I had said and quote me in a magazine that goes out with The Peninsula. I felt there was a chance she would do so.
So I removed my post.
My own fault, I should have read the initial question properly...
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Love is the answer...
Hope so ...
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So they give them the 9 days for this coming Eid, but they just prefer to work & get paid instead of that! I hope that this is actually the case!
"Be strong but not arrogant
Be modest but not weak"
S.H
look... these poor workers are enjoy more at their work rather then getting holiodays and moving around 2-3 days are far enough for their enjoying coz they prefer to do work and earn more and more overtime and salary.
I am talking here about the poor workers of private sector in REAL LIFE, not the CYBER govenment & semi-government emplyees
The 2 Eieds per year would be either 2+3 or 3+4 days
"Be strong but not arrogant
Be modest but not weak"
S.H
not at all ....holidays will start from 25th ramazabn to 5th day of EID i.e atleast 9 holiodays.
Moreover just look at ramazan timings :
schools...only 4.30 hrs
offices...only5 hrs
are the ONLY escape/relaxation for those poor workers where they can socialize, wear colorful cloths, take photos to send to their families...FEEL HUMAN!
In many countries there are many national/religious/social holidays for the people, but here it is only those 3+4 days (or even 2+3 days)
"Be strong but not arrogant
Be modest but not weak"
S.H
Eid is one of the main celebrating funtion in Qatar and is celebrated with full of enthusiasm .U find the roads glitering with the lights and in the evening u will find a very fine Fireworks on the corniche side.
We tend to do a bit of baking prior to Eid.
Usually the night before (or earlier if you're really organised) we gather the kids around and make some biscuits and traditional sweets. These are then ready to distribute during the Eid prayer and also to the neighbours. They are also really handy when people come to visit you during Eid.
What I've noticed here in Qatar is that friends and neighbours seem to visit each other a lot more on Eid than back home. I guess it's because we don't have family here, so our friends tend to become our new support structure.
On the 2 Eids that I've so far spent in Qatar our 'new' tradition seems to be going to City Centre and getting some good sale items! LOL I guess that's our variation on spending the day at the park (too hot) or visiting the grandparents (too far) or staying at home (too boring).
Oh Oryx, you are so right! Ramadan should be a month of less (material things) and more (spirituality). For a lot it is. Our schedules do not change much (eg. we do not eat all night which negates the point of fasting in my opinion).
We break our fast at sunset with a small light meal. Then we have dinner in the evening. We get up before dawn for a small breakfast. We try to be better Muslims in this month...in the hope we can carry this on throughout the year.
I do see Qatar changing from when I was a child during Ramadan. This is something to do with us, of course, and also the influx of expats.
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I can understand your frustration!
Go to a clinic & have them inject you with something that would give you a comma until Ramadan is over!
Otherwise, can I come to Italy with you? (tickets & hotels on you...Ruffino on me)
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we all qatari first go for the Eid prayers then from there we directly move on to our grandfather or father to greet them of Eid and sit for a while and have some eatables and go for sleep in there house
I remember my Eid childhood. It was great.
We'd first meet up at my grandfather's home. We'd all talk and the children would plan 3ayuding.
We'd all go from house to house, sing a song and look cute and be given 1 riyal.
After going door to door, we'd go back home and play until it was time to eat the large feast.
Parents would usually chat.
Families get together.
People visit and they have some tea and snacks.
We pray.
I love Eid!
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