{"id":3272,"date":"2020-05-21T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessaccess.com\/blog\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:24:02","slug":"the-effect-of-lockdown-on-eid-celebrations-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessaccess.com\/blog\/the-effect-of-lockdown-on-eid-celebrations-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Effect Of Lockdown On Eid Celebrations This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

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Festive celebrations amid the lockdown have been very different and unusual this year with people adopting new habits and new ways of celebrations. We noticed the\u00a0impact of lockdown on Ramadan and the people celebrating it with our recent study.\u00a0Hence, we continued our study to understand the effects of lockdown on Eid celebrations in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt.
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Over two-thirds of people feel that lockdown will have a big impact on Eid this year and that the festival will feel compromised due to lockdown. In the UAE this feeling is not as acute, with many believing the impact on Eid, and resultant compromise will be moderate.<\/p>
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However, Muslims in all three countries agree that Eid will not feel the same as usual this year, this sentiment being particularly driven by Saudis and Egyptians.<\/p>
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