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Sunday, August 19th, 2012

Eid Mubarak

By Stephanie Meade

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Eid Mubarak! All dressed in their new dresses for Eid and ready to spend the day at a party. (And that’s the only face my three-year-old makes in pictures these days.)

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Stephanie is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of InCultureParent. She has two Moroccan-American daughters (ages 4 and 6), whom she is raising, together with her husband, bilingual in Arabic and English at home. After many moves worldwide, she currently lives in Berkeley, California.

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