国际英语资讯:Feature: Displaced Yemenis to celebrate Eid al-Adha amid suffering, hunger_时事

国际英语资讯:Feature: Displaced Yemenis to celebrate Eid al-Adha amid suffering, hunger

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 20 -- For the first time, Ahmed Obeid, a father of four, could not prepare for Eid al-Adha feast because the ongoing fighting forced him and thousands of Yemeni people to flee their homes.

They are located in different war-torn areas and take shelter in other safe provinces in the impoverished Arab country.

Yemeni families used to start preparing and shopping to enjoy Eid al-Adha, the second largest religious festival for Muslims, to be celebrated across the country on Tuesday.

But this year, thousands are suffering due to displacement and no preparations could be made to receive Eid al-Adha, as some families struggle to survive hunger and diseases after leaving their residential buildings.

Standing with his four children next to their tent at an internally displaced camp in the outskirts of Aden province, Obeid told Xinhua that there is no place for happiness to enjoy festival celebrations this year.

"This is the first Eid I receive without my beloved relatives. Fighting deprived us of staying inside our houses to receive Eid al-Adha peacefully with joy like previous years," he said.

He said that most of the displaced families are without financial sources and did not receive new clothes for their children from aid organizations.

"Some of the children inside these tents are crying and asking their mothers to buy them new Eid clothes and don't know that everything is changed and they are homeless," he said.