Eid Was Never Ours: I Grew Up Hating Eid!

I don’t remember doing anything fun for Eid. Even when they would go for the Durbar (hawan sallah), we didn’t join them. Not once. I remember washing plates until my fingers wrinkled, climbing stairs with heavy trays until my thighs burned, getting cut by knives, getting injured by metal colanders, and burning my hands on hot pots. That is what Eid was for me.