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Eid Festival – Celebration of Muslim Holidays

 

EID FESTIVAL
(celebration of Muslim holidays)
Sunday, December 9, 2018 5pm – 8pm
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto
625 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301

This Holiday Season:

Please join us to experience how Muslims celebrate their holidays

A Holiday to build a “Beloved Community.”

All faiths encourage their followers to love their neighbors.

To love our neighbors, “WE MUST KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS”

“National Know your neighbors” is AMV Foundation’s campaign to build a culture of hope, inclusion and peace. We are encouraging all Americans to move “From Fear to Friendship.”

Complimentary Gourmet Pakistani Lunch, Desserts from around the world,
Interfaith panel sharing religious holidays, cultural performances, Mehndi Tattoos (Henna)
Have fun dressing up with ethnic dresses, enactment of Eid visit to friend’s home and Bangles for girls.

Sponsor: American Muslim Voice Foundation
Co-Sponsor: City of Palo Alto “Know your neighbors grant” & more
Host: Samina Sundas, and First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto

American Muslim Voice EID FESTIVAL

This Holiday Season:
Please join us to experience how Muslims celebrate the holiday.
Location is at the First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto

EID FESTIVAL
A Holiday to build a “Beloved Community.”
All faiths encourage their followers to love their neighbors.
To Love our Neighbors,
“WE MUST KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS”

Complimentary Gourmet Pakistani Lunch
Desserts from around the world
Panel: Religious Holidays sharing
Enactment of Eid visit to friends home
Mehndi, (Henna) Bangles for girls
Dress up in Ethnic clothes and take photos

“National Know your neighbors” is AMV Foundation’s campaign to build a culture of hope, inclusion, and peace.
We are encouraging all Americans to move “From Fear to Friendship“

Go to www.amuslimvoice.org for further information.
Donations to AMV Foundation will be greatly appreciated (PayPal on website)  

Eid Festival (Celebration of Muslim Holidays)

A special opportunity to learn how Muslims celebrate their holidays.

All great religions encourage its followers to love their neighbors.But to love our neighbors, “we must know our neighbors.”

Three panelists from Islam, Christianity and Judaism will share how they celebrate their holidays, followed by Q & A and table sharing to encourage dialog and to learn about each other’s holiday traditions.

There will be a free gourmet Pakistani lunch, desserts from around the world, Mehndi (Henna) and bangles for girls. Photo booth/Ethnic clothes for you to play dress up, and Nasheed (Spiritual singing) Kids would share their favorite parts of Eid.

Register at www.eventbrite.com. search for Eid Festival (Celebration of Muslim Holidays)

Donations will be greatly appreciated. You can pay via paypal at www.amuslimvoice.org, or write a check payable to AMV Foundation and mail it to 120 Park Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

“A holiday to build ‘a beloved community'”
(coverage of last year’s Eid Festival in Palo Alto Weekly- see page 13)
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/morguepdf/2014/2014_11_21.paw.section1.pdf