8 stories
The Eid Gift | هدية العيد
She comes to deliver Eid money to her nephew. She stays because he's no longer a boy—and she's tired of pretending she hasn't noticed.
The Eid Morning | صباح العيد
Twenty years of Eid prayers at the same mosque. Twenty years of watching her across the partition. This year, he finally speaks.
The Eid Prayers | صلاة العيد
Every Eid, thousands gather. Every Eid, she sees him across the crowd. This year, she finally finds out who he is.
The Eid Surprise
Every Eid, Amina's family asks why she's still single. This year, she invents a fake boyfriend. She doesn't expect her 'fake' boyfriend's cousin—handsome, genuine Omar—to become very real.
The Eid Encounter
Eid celebrations bring the whole community together. After the prayers and feasting, he finds himself alone with his friend's thick divorced mother. She's wearing her best dirac, her finest gold—and nothing else underneath. Some Eid gifts are unexpected.
The Eid Prayer
She sees him every Eid at the prayer in Victoria Park—the tall Somali man who always stands in the same row. Five years of glances. This Eid, she finally speaks. What happens after prayer isn't religious, but it feels like worship.
Eid Visit
He returns to Lamu Island for Eid and finds his cousin—once a skinny teenager—now a voluptuous divorcée with unfinished business.
Shangazi Wawili
Two thick aunts, both widowed, both wanting him. The Eid visit becomes a competition—who can claim him first, who can keep him longest. In the end, they decide to share. Everybody wins.