Beyrouth
December 14th 2008 Last week we had yet another week off from school for Eid Al-Adha, the day commemorating Ibrahim's (known in the Bible as Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son for God. According to Muslim tradition, God placed a ram in place of his son when Ibrahim showed his intention to carry out God's command.
For me, all this meant was that I had another week to travel before I set off for Pakistan.
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