Muslims across the Arab world celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday

A Palestinian vendor sells nuts at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, in Gaza city on June 24, 2017. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan when faithfuls abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activities from dawn to dusk. Photo by Ashraf Amra

Palestinians shop at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, in Gaza city on June 24, 2017. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan when faithfuls abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activities from dawn to dusk. Photo by Mohammed Asad

Egyptians take a selfie as they attend the morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, on June 25, 2017. Photo by Amr Sayed

Egyptians attend the morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, on June 25, 2017. Photo by Amr Sayed

Egyptians attend the morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, on June 25, 2017. Photo by Amr Sayed

Palestinian Muslim women perform Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City June 25, 2017. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan when faithfuls abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activities from dawn to dusk. Photo by Ashraf Amra

Muslims across the Middle East celebrated the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Sunday, a three-day festival that follows the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Muslims in Arab countries – including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Palestine, Jordan, Sudan, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia and Algeria – performed Eid prayers at mosques and public venues across their respective countries.

In Egypt, millions of Muslims performed Eid prayers in more than 5,000 open areas across the country amid a stepped-up security presence, while President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi performed prayers at a mosque at Egypt’s naval headquarters in the coastal city of Alexandria.

Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, some 90,000 Muslims converged on the iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque – which for Muslims represents the world’s third holiest site — to perform Eid prayers.

In Qatar, which continues to face an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with a handful of its Gulf neighbors, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his father, former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, attended Eid al-Fitr prayers in capital Doha.

And in Jordan, thousands performed Eid prayers in the main prayer hall of the Hussein Sports City in central Amman.