• People buy sacrificial animals for Eid Al Adha at a market in Giza, Egypt. EPA
    People buy sacrificial animals for Eid Al Adha at a market in Giza, Egypt. EPA
  • During Eid Al Adha Muslims will slaughter an animal and divide the meat into three parts – one for family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA
    During Eid Al Adha Muslims will slaughter an animal and divide the meat into three parts – one for family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA
  • Traders count money as people buy animals to sacrifice for Eid Al Adha, marking the end of Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. EPA
    Traders count money as people buy animals to sacrifice for Eid Al Adha, marking the end of Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. EPA
  • Palestinian Reham Shurab makes toy sheep at her home workshop in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during preparations for Eid Al Adha. AFP
    Palestinian Reham Shurab makes toy sheep at her home workshop in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during preparations for Eid Al Adha. AFP
  • An Egyptian butcher prepares a slaughtered sacrificial sheep in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An Egyptian butcher prepares a slaughtered sacrificial sheep in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Livestock on sale for slaughter at a market in Giza, Egypt. Eid Al Adha is one of the holiest Muslim holidays of the year. EPA
    Livestock on sale for slaughter at a market in Giza, Egypt. Eid Al Adha is one of the holiest Muslim holidays of the year. EPA

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Preparations for Eid Al Adha – in pictures

Sacrificial animals are on sale in Egypt's markets ahead of the Islamic holiday

The National

June 16, 2023

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Updated: June 16, 2023, 9:53 AM
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