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October 22, 2006 at 9:15 pm · Filed under Amman, Arabisms

So Jordan announced that tomorrow is the final day of Ramadan, while many other Muslim countries (dare I say most?) are celebrating the first day of Eid tomorrow.
The guy who announces these things on tv is terrible at it. He talks and talks and talks about God and the sky and the scientists and judgement day and good actions and Muslims and Jordan and the Quran and the poor and great and the Hashemites and every single other topic in this world for 20 minutes before he says the two words everyone is waiting to hear. Ya3ni why the anticipation? It’s not a thriller, is it?
So yeah, one more day.






  • http://www.iread.blogspot.com manal y

    hehehe, some irbidian people around me got upset cause he didnt mention thier city ;)

    yeah one more day added n then stupid Eid

    anyway :
    من هذا المنبر المبارك اقول للجميع عيد سعيد و كل عام و انتم بخير

  • pissed anonymous!!

    omg, this is waja3 raaaas! i hate the guy too, i hate the fact the we have to fast tomorrow, and i decided not to fast tomorrow! im sticking with the saudi calendar for a change… eid, here i come

  • Moe

    “Stupid Eid”??

    Come on Manal there should be a better description to match the festivity of Eid!

    Thanks…

  • dozz

    we actually had to go through the traumatic experience of watching the after-ftoor show on JTV….waiting for them to come back with some good news..
    eeff!

  • http://hareega.blogspot.com hareega

    it’s a good chance to finish the 30-episodes series they have on TV

  • http://thesugarcubes.net Shaden

    lol happy Eid Roba, yen3ad 3alaiki be9e77a wel salameh :-)

  • http://www.anolitasmind.com Khalidah

    You are 100% right on target …

    He could have summarized it all in couple of seconds … who cares about when, how or where they searched for the Hilal? Just say the result w khalas …

    I have to wonder though … why do we abide by Saudi timing when it comes to 7ajj (Pilgremage) and we do not take their time into consideration when it comes to Ramdan and Eid?
    If we follow them for 7ajj; I think we should follow them for everything else? why does each country search for its own Hilal? or is this applicaple only for ramadan and the rest of the year, we follow KSA??

    Wallah ishi be7ayyer :S

  • http://proactivitygroup.blogspot.com eyad

    That guy was trying to give an importance to what he has to say ;) and new way of saying things on JTV, but one positive thing about it we are one unique country amon the few who will celebrate EID Ibn Um Saeed after tomorrow :P

  • http://iheartamman.blogspot.com Firas

    Since it has no fixed date, and it relies on humans I see no problem that all Muslim countries can’t agree on a single day.

    Happy Eid, it’s just another extra day.

    Roba
    Yeah it has to do with the Arabic speeches, you must have all these fancy phrases and talk as if you are going to war. You know, it should be full of anticipation, so for the next 20 min you’ll be:Is it Eid or not? So can I finally enjoy that Falafel sandwish with “him” under the trees?I wanna wear that new pair of sandals….so much excitment.

    Now do you remember when the director of the French hospital, held a press confrence, and he appeared wearing his full uniform with all his medals and fancy ranks. All he got to say was : Mr.Arafat is not Dead,thank you! Even John Stewart had something to say about this guy.

    I vote for 30min speeches, it’s really good if you are writing an Arabic term paper, useful for Tawjihi kids in Arabic language.

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  • http://gr33ndata.blogspot.com Green Data

    We are going to have the feast – Eid – on Tuesday here in Egypt too. The problem with those who have the Eid tomorrow is that they started Ramadan one day early, so they were forced to have the Eid this way. Anyway, Happy Eid to you all over there.

  • Ahmad

    مناسبة عظيمة لا يمكن تركها تمر هكذا!! انا بتفهم هالأشي يعني حرام يزيدوه نسبة المشاهدة للتلفزيون لمدة 20 دقيقة, مهو بالايام العادية عامل متل البار المهجور ما حدا بعبروا

    ولأزيدك من الشعر بيت هالسنة شكلهم مشترين تلسكوب وبرضوه هادا بيستاهل نكحل عيونا بشوفنوه 20 دقيقة

    ما بعرف اذا يتذّكروه مسرحية غوار غربة… في المشهد للكشف السنوي لمّا يجي الحكيم عالضيعة ويكونوا عاملين حفل فني للحكيم وكلمة لرئيس الجمعية وكلمة لأهل الفقيد .. ابصراحة ذكّروني اليوم فيه وما كان ناقص غير يجيبوا سكيرة توفيق على رأي غوار

  • http://thesugarcubes.net Shaden

    Khalidah, I heared someone the TV saying that we follow KSA in hajj because it takes place there.

  • http://moeys.net moey

    arabs can never unite..

  • http://www.maktoobblog.com/amjad_h2o amjad_h2o

    I think this difference in declaration the eid is just confirmation of our national slogan (alordon Awlan) ,even our eid came the last .lol

    Kol 3am W anti b5ir Roba and all of you ..

  • http://www.e-ammar.com ammar

    Khalida, first of all, there is some politics to this, we wont celebrate EID with Qatar. Additionally, for some reason, the timing of the first day of ramadan at KSA was incorrent. I guess if a mad preson is ready to take an oath, then they announce Ramadan. Other month ares decided astrologically . in yesterdays newspaper, if you watch sun set timing, you would know that Ramadan is 30 days this year, go back to the section where Imsak information is mentioned, you would notice that sun set is at 6.00 and moon vanishing time is 5:58 meaning that due to sun rays still around while the moon is vanishing, (and the moon being a baby at that time) it becomes impossible to spot the moon. The only way to see the moon when it it so so shy and very yound is when there is significant darkness. Remeber that we can sometimes see the moon in the evening (before sun set) but only when it already well formed.
    Result: I did not really have to listen to the news bullitin to know. and i do not know what the Saudi’s saw last month, probably 3utared and not the moon

    hope this is helpful for the future

    Ammar Sajdi
    http://www.e-ammar.com

  • http://hala-3ammi.blogspot.com abed

    ya ya ya one more day, but i bet you that most people won’t fast jakara for that guy.

  • Rebecca

    Does that mean I was supposed to go to work today?

  • http://iheartamman.blogspot.com Firas

    No Rebecca.

    The holiday was annouced starting Monday, regardless if it’s Eid or not.

    Enjoy, and stay away from the streets for the next 3 days.

  • http://me-in-jordan.blogspot.com OmAr

    hehe, you also wrote about it! couldn’t agree more

    Happy Eid to all, salmi 3l kol

  • http://www.anolitasmind.com Khalidah

    Ammar … Thank you for the info, I am not sure this is going to help me understand why we cannot unite the calendar for everyone in this region … we are not that far apart in location but ehhh, we have to accept it as it is .. sa7?

    Happy Eid in advance :)