Night Before Eid News Today

(RNS) — These stories of tenacity from people of several faiths and no faith offer guidance for surviving tough times.  

Idaho State University Graduate School Kicks Off Their Fourth Annual Book Drive

The New Arab Meets: Egyptian-American author Aya Khalil, who writes stories that allow Muslim and Arab children to feel seen. This Arab American Heritage Month, she reflects on book banning, writing as resistance and reclaiming her power.

Aya Khalil is the author of a new book The Night Before Eid, a children’s book about an Egyptian Muslim family preparing cookies for an Eid celebration.

With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked through the aisles with anticipation. The author was on a mission: See for herself that her children’s book ab

For this year’s Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Target rolled out its first dedicated Ramadan and Eid, or feast, collection, including decorations. It’s one of the latest signs of big

Target’s new Ramadan and Eid collection is sold online and in a few hundred stores in areas with numerous Muslim shoppers.

Party supplies retailer Party City started selling Ramadan and Eid items in 2018 and has since increased such products amid growing demand.

Many Muslim Americans enthusiastically welcomed the recognition, applauding retailers that are making it easier for them to bring their families the cheer that ubiquitously and publicly marks some other faiths’ holidays.

Many Muslim Americans enthusiastically welcomed the recognition by retailers that Ramadan is underway.