Clearinghouse Resource

Title

The Best Eid Ever

Authors/Editors

Mobin-Uddin, Asma

Publisher(s)

Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press

Source Information (Journal Title, Date, Length)

2007, 16 pages

Description of Resource

This is the story about how a Muslim-American girl, Aneesa, who celebrates the biggest holiday of the Muslim year, Eid.  She is sad that her parents are away for the Hajj pilgrimage, but Aneesa’s grandmother attempts to brighten her spirits by preparing lamb korma and giving Aneesa beautiful clothes from Pakistan.  While at the prayer hall with her grandmother, Aneesa meets a refugee family and their young girls, who arrived to the United States with very little.  The story then accounts for how Aneesa plans to help the refugee girls celebrate the best Eid ever.

Languages

English

Availability

This resource may be free from your local library or purchased from the publisher.