16 Responses to “Sheep At The Mall”  

1. 1 Firas on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   Who said they are for Adha? Maybe these sheep are from a nativity scene and they are wandering around

   Man, go to sleep!

2. 2 Nas on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   Firas: looool that could be true! i should’ve searched for the missing three kings.

   im on my way

3. 3 Qwaider قويدر on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   I had the same idea as Firas, could these be nativity story sheep instead of Eid?

4. 4 Iman on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   Kharoof s3ayid

5. 5 7aki Fadi on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   Awww they are too cute.
   But mish 7aram to put the sheep there? it’s like, awwwww you are soooo cute and we are gonna sooooo kill you and eat you for the first day of Eid. LOL.

   The kids wake up the next day asking their parents, where is the kharoof just to learn that it’s gonna be in their bellies soon.

   I thought it was the nativity seen too and yes listen to Firas and go sleep, hada inta 3anjad nocturnal.

6. 6 secratea on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   loool.. they can’t be Adha sheep… I would say nativity sheep.. aren’t they under small decorated (Christmas) trees?
   But to answer your question, the line between celebration and and commercialization can’t be easily drawn…marketers haven’t left any possible way to cash in on any holiday out there.

7. 7 Moey on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   did you see me! did you see me! did you see me! did you see me! did you see me!

8. 8 Bilal - Black Jack on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   aww how cute. I like the one on top. zgort la7alo

   and no, their not surronded by xmas trees. they are palm trees. so they either resemble nativity or the desert like in mecca

9. 9 Hamzeh N. on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

   They are most definitely for the adha. You can see the same thing in Mecca mall.

   You have to put yourself in the shoes of the person responsible for running events in the mall.

   Christmas is highly commercialized even in our country. A Christmas tree has to be put there, and a Santa must be present too. Of course, if you are a shopping center you have to have gift boxes under the tree too.

   But there’s a small problem. You’re running the mall in a country with a muslim majority, and if Christmas and Eid are only one day apart, you can’t just put a Christmas tree without putting something for the Eid. You will actually get complaints.

   Hence the sheep, and hence the big mosque in Mecca mall, and the sheep there too. Of course, neither mall sells sheep for the Adha Eid, so I wouldn’t group their use of sheep as commercializing. Now with Tkiyyet Om Ali, you might have a point about commercializing there.

10. 10 Nas on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

    actually…to put everyone’s curious mind at ease…they were, in fact, part of an eid al-adha display

11. 11 Hamzeh N. on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

    Now with Tkiyyet Om Ali, you might have a point about commercializing there.

    I was told today that Tkiyyet Om Ali is a not-for-profit organization.

12. 12 Um Omar on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

    Good for you Nas, finding something ‘Islamic’ in the decorations. I guess I won’t start the discussion about statuary in Islam…yet I am so enjoying the commentary! I will keep up the positive note and I will give City Mall (so it appears to be in the photo) a vote for effort.

13. 13 mo on Dec 14th, 2007 said:

    wouldnt it be funny if the mall display consisted of a guy actually slaughtering one of the sheep .. with blood and what not .. and the other two sheep would be watching in horror .. hehehe

14. 14 Ahmad Al-Sholi on Dec 15th, 2007 said:

    tkiyyet um Ali is a non profit organization. They are doing a great job where social support is pooled and well managed better than “sh7det il abwab”.

    Mo, I like the suggestion. It feels more like the actual Eid than a smiling sheep

15. 15 mo on Dec 15th, 2007 said:

    are they smiling .. how can u tell o_O

16. 16 Ahmad Al-Sholi on Dec 16th, 2007 said:

    They have innocent peaceful look at least, more like smiling.

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