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CHRISTIAN CELEBRATIONS ARE EXCLUSIVELY OBSERVED BY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIESWeekend: Friday OR Sunday (according to religion)IF YOU NEED TRANSLATION INTO THIS COUNTRY's LANGUAGE(S): Arabic (104 million speakers in 21 countries) ...
Contact edit! Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
cards/flowers : except in the Gaza Strip
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday march 11, 2024
cards/flowers :
Mothers' Day
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Thursday march 21, 2024
cards/flowers : Ruz-e Madar in Arabic
Day of the Land - Yom al-Ardh
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Secular holiday :
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday april 9, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed.
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed.
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Ends the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. There were 30 days of strict fasting from sunup to sundown in honor of the first revelation to the Prophet Mohammed.
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Friday april 12, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Friday april 19, 2024
Special Events :
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Day of Mourning
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Wednesday may 15, 2024
Culture : Annual Remembering the Nakba. In Arabic, the word Nakba means catastrophe. This term is used to refer to the Israeli occupation and the displacement of the Palestinian people. Between the years of 1947 and 1948, over 750,000 Palestinians were forced to move from their homes and 531 villages were destroyed.
End of school year
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Thursday may 30, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday june 4, 2024
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday july 7, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad. Muslim calendar starts from this date (A.H.), which was established in `Umar's reign. Medina is about 200 miles north of Mecca. Muhammad arrived there on 20th Sep 622 A.D. The name of the city was changed to Medinatu'l-Nabi (city of the Prophet).
Summer holiday (end)
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Sunday august 25, 2024
School holidays :
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday september 15, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Information: Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet.
Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.