The Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair, popularly known as MEFF is an annual event usually celebrated on the Sunday following Eid-Ul-Fitr in Sydney, Australian organised by the Australian MEFF Consortium, a non-profitable community based organisation.

MEFF is the first, oldest, largest, most popular, and long running, Multicultural EID Festival in Australia. It is one of the most anticipated events on Sydney’s Multicultural Calendar.

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MEFF, show case the reflection of real multiculturalism where apart from the participation of Muslim community of different background, many attendees come from diverse faiths, backgrounds and nationalities. This is the beauty of this event, where Muslims, non-Muslims, men, women, children, young and old gather together to celebrate the festival in the spirit of Australian Multiculturalism.

MEFF was formally launched in 1987 to realise the real festivity and celebration of EID at par with the home country. Great visionary, community leader and scholar Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad, originally from India, is the one who started this great initiative to formally start this community gathering under one roof and one banner and one platform.

Since 1987, MEFF has become an iconic event when it comes to EID-Celebration for Australian Muslim Community. It was a bold decision taken by Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad and was supported wholeheartedly by our Australian Leaders and received an accolade from more than 35 communities in Australia.

Since the beginning of the MEFF, community members started gathering in large numbers to celebrate Eid in a similar environment, feelings and festivities back home. MEFF has travelled a long way from its first gathering in a small number in the playground of a primary school to one of the biggest venue know as Fairfield Show Ground.

A humble, simple and sincere start along with dedicated volunteering and devoted workers have transformed the MEFF into a bigger, better, major, larger, full of fun and one of the very successful event.

Family members who were closely associated throughout with Dr Ahmad in planning, management, preparation, promotion and organising the event were Mr Zafar Siddiqui, Mrs Mehar Ahmad, Mrs Najia Khalil and others.

Apart from family, support from Egyptian community lead by Aziza Abdel-Halim and Fijian community led by Mr Aziz Akbar and Mrs Sara Bakhsh were paramount. Mr Rifat Selvi from Turkish background was also of great help.

It is interesting to know that the first volunteering services were provided by Fairfield City Council and those volunteers were seven ladies from different cultural background involved on a multicultural project and their team leader was Mrs Mehar Ahmad.

The event hosts a variety of stalls catering international cuisine, thrilling rides, cultural performances, and entertainment by welcoming more than 20,000 visitors every year.

At this occasion Muslim organisations, and various ethnic communities hold stall, selling delicious foods, dresses and novelties representing the broad spectrum of the Australian community. Cultural programs and performances by various groups and talks by community leaders and politicians as well as sports and other entertainments are held throughout the days.

Many dignitaries have graced this occasion of MEFF with their presence as chief guest since its beginning. Governor General of Australia was one of the dignitaries who was chief guest at inaugural session of the event as well as Premier of NSW and various federal and state ministers from time to time. Among guests who attends regularly are parliamentarians, diplomats, consuls, Ministers, community leaders, Imams of different faith, Mayors, councillors and religious leaders.

The event popularity has listed it as a winner of the 2005 Australian Muslim Event of the Year Award.