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Hundreds of cars line up for a parade to celebrate Eid

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On Sunday morning hundreds of cars wound around the parking lots of the still closed Willow Grove Park Mall. Instead of shopping, families came together to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Families prayed the takbeerat from their cars using a Zoom call, then made their way to 11 stations, where participants picked up treats and refreshments. Some families even decorated their cars with balloons and ribbons. "I think it was really nice to see everybody," said Madiha Irfan, executive director of the Muslim Society of Delaware Valley. "Eid is such a special day for us, so it would have been really strange to just be at home." Irfan noted that normally Eid is celebrated with a morning of prayers at the mosque, followed with breakfast and activities for the kids. This year there were no hugs exchanged after the prayer, but plenty of horn honking and waving from the cars. "It was nice to have a sense of togetherness even if we were all in our cars," Irfan said.

Rami Boufakhda, 9, of Delaware County, peeks out of the sunroof during the Muslim Society of Delaware Valley Eid car parade celebration in the parking lots of Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pa. on Sunday, May 24. Eid celebrates the end of the month of Ramadan.
Rami Boufakhda, 9, of Delaware County, peeks out of the sunroof during the Muslim Society of Delaware Valley Eid car parade celebration in the parking lots of Willow Grove Park Mall in Willow Grove, Pa. on Sunday, May 24. Eid celebrates the end of the month of Ramadan.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer
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