What are the Eid Al Fitr Mubarak messages to our expatriates?
Now that the blessed month of Ramadan has come to an end, its passing should not signal the end of exertions of goodwill and worship that had governed us for this past month. And as the citizens of this country prepare for the festivities of family gatherings and reunions in the days ahead, let us not forget the countless number of Muslim expatriates among us who stood with us in worship, but who will celebrate the dawn of Eid in solitude, away from family and friends. Millions have come and gone, and millions remain among us today, some alone and distant from their families, tasked with the duties of helping oil the machinery that makes this country run. Many perform to the expectations required, mostly in silence. Their isolation and loneliness in a land different from their own cannot be simply compensated by the riyals they earn. Leaving behind fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, wives and children, these foreign workers who reside among us ask little of us as they fulfill t
Now that the blessed month of Ramadan has come to an end, its passing should not signal the end of exertions of goodwill and worship that had governed us for this past month. And as the citizens of this country prepare for the festivities of family gatherings and reunions in the days ahead, let us not forget the countless number of Muslim expatriates among us who stood with us in worship, but who will celebrate the dawn of Eid in solitude, away from family and friends. Millions have come and gone, and millions remain among us today, some alone and distant from their families, tasked with the duties of helping oil the machinery that makes this country run. Many perform to the expectations required, mostly in silence. Their isolation and loneliness in a land different from their own cannot be simply compensated by the riyals they earn. Leaving behind fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, wives and children, these foreign workers who reside among us ask little of us as they fulfill t
… friends and associates, I take it upon myself to use this column to acknowledge our fellow expatriates and thank them for being among us. Eid Mubarak! Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNGmreTVv7d7220iL_PI8YnJlDAMNw&sig2=j6OLtqzwj5_n0u1PA72oKA&cid=1313717186&ei=JPG0SqDRGZDq8gSur9x6&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.
