Bella Hadid, Naomi Campbell and former Arsenal footballer Mesut Özil led the celebrities celebrating Eid as they shared heartfelt messages.
The Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and was celebrated on Tuesday by Muslims around the world.
Sharing a tribute to her Instagram Story, Bella, 27, re-shared a clip and wrote: “Happy Eid.”
Meanwhile, Mesut, 35, uploaded a photo of himself celebrating the holiday and wrote: ‘Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers and sisters. Ramazan Bayramımız kutlu olsun.’
Like Bella, Naomi, 53, also shared a happy Eid message along with a series of emojis.
Bella Hadid (pictured), Naomi Campbell and former Arsenal footballer Mesut Özil led celebrities celebrating Eid as they shared heartfelt messages.
Sharing a tribute to her Instagram Story, Bella, 27, re-shared a clip and wrote: ‘Happy Eid.’
Model Bella was raised Muslim by her Jordanian-American father Mohamed Hadid and her Dutch-American mother, Yolanda.
His father, Mohamed Hadid, 72, is a Palestinian born in Nazareth in November 1948, four months after his city was captured by Israeli forces.
The family fled to Syria and eventually Washington, DC. She has Jordanian and American citizenship.
Bella spoke openly about her father’s heritage and how this influenced her upbringing.
‘He was always religious and always prayed with us. “I’m proud to be Muslim,” Bella told Porter magazine.
In 2022, the model spoke about her ‘sadness’ at being denied the opportunity to grow up in ‘Muslim culture’. with her Palestinian father, saying she was “extracted” from that side of her family when her mother moved her to California following her parents’ divorce.
She was born in Washington, DC, where she spent the first four years of her life growing up surrounded by family from her Palestinian side.
But after her parents separated when Bella was four, she and her siblings, Gigi and Anwar, moved to Santa Barbara, California, with their mother.
Like Bella, Naomi, 53, also shared a happy Eid message.
She reposted a graphic along with a series of emojis.
The Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and was celebrated by Muslims around the world on Tuesday (Mesut pictured)
Mesut, 35, uploaded a photo of himself celebrating the holiday and wrote: ‘Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim brothers and sisters. Ramazan Bayramımız kutlu olsun.’
speaking to GQThe half-Palestinian star explained that she was looking forward to the opportunity to explore that side of her story after moving to the West Coast.
She said she would have loved to have studied and practiced religion as a child, but “wasn’t given that” opportunity.
Bella added that she was often the only Arab girl in her class at school, which caused her to be regularly subjected to racist bullying and left her feeling “sad and alone.”
“I was with my Palestinian side [of the family in D.C.]’, she said. And they kicked me out when we moved to California.
“I would have loved to grow up and be with my dad every day and study and really be able to practice, just generally be able to live in a Muslim culture, but they didn’t give me that.”
All three Hadid siblings have been open about their pro-Palestinian views and their support for the country amid its war with Israel.
The start of Eid ul-Fitr follows the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting that Muslims observe from dawn to dusk each day.
Model Bella was raised Muslim by her Jordanian-American father Mohamed Hadid and her Dutch-American mother, Yolanda (LR Bella, Yolanda, Gigi and Mohamed seen in 2016)
Ramadan, a lunar month, has 29 or 30 days. It started on the afternoon of Sunday, March 10, 2024, which means it will end on Monday, April 8, 2024, the 29th, or the 30th, Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
After sunset prayers on Monday, April 8, the 29th day of Ramadan, moongazers will look westward for their first glimpse of the crescent moon.
If the new moon is visible, the next day will be Eid; Otherwise, Muslims will fast one more day to complete a 30-day month.
The HM Nautical Almanac Office says the moon should be easily visible on Tuesday 9 April and Wednesday 10 April.
