War, displacement mar the run-up to ‘Eid holiday’ for many

Back home, Lilian Jamaan would have been shopping for clothes for her daughter and buying meat and sweets in preparation for the Islamic holiday of Eid Al Fitr that marks the end of Holy Month of Ramadan.

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But now, “there's no joy for Eid or for Ramadan or for anything,” she said by phone, speaking from a school-turned-shelter in the Lebanese city of Sidon.

As Muslims worldwide prepare for the typically joyous holiday, Lebanon has crossed a grim milestone.

Basma Alloush, a spokesperson for the International Rescue Committee, said many of the children she spoke with have the same wish — “to just spend Eid at home.”