01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Mahmoud Said’s Eid al-Adha, with Footnotes #25

Mahmoud Said, 1897-1964, Egyptian
Eid al-Adha, c. 1917

Oil on board
14 by 24cm.; 5½ by 9½in.
Private collection

Eid al-Adha, a Muslim festival, marking the culmination of the hajj (pilgrimage) rites at Minā, Saudi Arabia. Eid al-Adha is distinguished by the performance of communal prayer at daybreak on its first day. It begins on the 10th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah…

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