Exemples du corpus de texte pour EIDIA
1. And it is no wonder either; in recent years the tradition of «eidia» has become a big business with some children raking in as much as SR20,000 to SR30,000 in three days.
2. But as the saying goes: «Eid is for children.» Some kids, not so ready to grow up, would rather just enjoy the moment and spend their money on candy and hobbies. «I love Sony Playstation and computer games,» said Abdul Rahman Sabbahi, '. «I already have a Playstation 2 and am looking forward to ‘eidia’ so I can buy the new portable game PSP like the one my cousin has.» After talking with these children, Arab News concluded that it just might be true that kids do and say the darnedest things, don’t they?
3. Nujood Al–Ghamdi, 1', is taking a similar path. «I was forced to attend Arab Open University despite my grade point average being in the top five percent,» she said. «I would like to contribute my ‘eidia’ to my education, to help out my parents.» Aside from the kids that are frugal, thoughtful and responsible, some kids are thinking about children back in their homelands or in foreign countries, like war–torn Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon — kids who otherwise wouldn’t have much of an Eid this year. «I’m going to ask my mom and dad to donate part of my Eid money to help poor children,» said Asma Johani, 12, who was visiting Jeddah from Madinah.