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Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in the Francophonie
This week, we’re celebrating Eid al-Fitr with the Francophone Muslim community 🤗🕌
Next time you’re in Paris, make sure you go and see the beautiful Grande Mosquée de Paris. Inaugurated in 1926 and located in the famous Latin Quarter, this is the oldest mosque in metropolitan France, and one of the largest in France. It features a 33-metre-high minaret, prayer rooms, an outdoor garden, a hammam, a library, a gift shop, along with a popular outdoor and indoor tea room, perfect for a nice afternoon tea! ☺️🍵
Alors, sans plus attendre, spread the spirit of community and generosity with the festive French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! ☪️☺️
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Celebratory Expressions for Eid al-Fitr
Let’s start the festivities with a lovely selection of heartwarming sentiments to share with your fellow celebrants on the special occasion of Eid al-Fitr:
“Aïd Moubarak (Fête bénie) ! Que vos prières trouvent écho dans la sérénité de l’Aïd.”
“L’Aïd, c’est partager une date et mille sourires.”
“L’Aïd commence là où l’on se retrouve.”
“Eid Mubarak (Blessed Festival)! May your prayers find their echo in the serenity of Eid.”
“Eid is about sharing a single date and a thousand smiles.” (This is a lovely play on words, as breaking the fast with a date fruit is a central tradition)
“Eid begins wherever we gather together.”
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La fête de l’Aïd el-Fitr à Marseille
Listening and Reading practice – B1 Level
Now for the actual celebration of Eid al-Fitr, which starts with a great dedicated prayer gathering thousands of believers. We join the celebrants of the French city of Marseille to learn more about these festivities in the news segment and its bilingual transcript below:
La fête de l’Aïd el-Fitr à Marseille
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Let’s fill in some blanks!
Mixed Conjugations A1 to B1 Levels
Finally, let’s reminisce about the month of Ramadan that precedes Eid al-Fitr while practising our A1 to B1 French conjugations with the following fill-in-the-blank exercise:
Mon Ramadan
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This week’s theme is Francophone Countries.
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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !
Aurélie Drouard
Head of French
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