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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday March 6, 2023 | National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence | Events, celebrations... |  |
| Friday March 17, 2023 | Anniversary of the chemical bombing on Halabja | Events, celebrations... | |
| Tuesday March 21, 2023 | Mothers' Day | cards/flowers | |
| Tuesday March 21, 2023 | Nowruz | Zoroastrian | |
| Thursday March 23, 2023 | Spring holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday March 23, 2023 | Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | cards/flowers | |
| Saturday April 1, 2023 | Daylight Saving Time | Special Events | |
| Sunday April 9, 2023 | Spring holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday April 9, 2023 | Optional holiday | Catholic | |
| Monday April 10, 2023 | Optional holiday | Catholic | |
| Tuesday April 18, 2023 | Ramadan holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Saturday April 22, 2023 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Sunday April 23, 2023 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Monday April 24, 2023 | Ramadan holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Monday April 24, 2023 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday May 16, 2023 | Mass Graves Day | Events, celebrations... | |
| Thursday June 29, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday June 30, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Saturday July 1, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Sunday July 2, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Sunday July 2, 2023 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday July 14, 2023 | National Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday July 19, 2023 | El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Saturday July 29, 2023 | Ashura | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Sunday September 3, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Thursday September 7, 2023 | Arbain-e Hosseini | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday September 28, 2023 | Mouloud - Mawlid (Prophet's birthday) | Muslim, Sufi | |
National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence
-Monday March 6, 2023
Culture : Celebration declared after the meeting between Pope Francis and the Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Francis visit to the highest Shiite cleric had taken place in the southern Iraqi Najaf a holy city for the Shiites. The 45-minute conversation was about the cooperation between the religious communities.
The holiday also paid tribute to the interfaith meeting in the plain of Ur, where the head of the Catholic Church met with representatives of Islam, Christianity and the Yazidis.
Jewish representatives did not take part. from 2022
Anniversary of the chemical bombing on Halabja
-Friday March 17, 2023
Culture : Kurdistan only
Mothers' Day
-Tuesday March 21, 2023
cards/flowers : Ruz-e Madar in Arabic
Nowruz
-Tuesday March 21, 2023
Zoroastrian : Naw Ruz--Zoroastrian New Year and celebration of Righteousness Divine Spirit Asha Vahishta, creator of fire. Feast of Ahura Mazda, Spring Equinox Also spelled Newroz, Nauruz, Nauryz, Noe-Rooz, Nawroz, Norooz, Noruz, Novruz (in Azerbaijan and Turkey), Noh Ruz, Nauroz, Nav-roze, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nevruz, Sultan Nevruz, Наврӯз, Navruz, or Nowrouz [Wikipedia]
Spring holiday (beginning)
-Thursday March 23, 2023
School holidays :
Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Thursday March 23, 2023
cards/flowers :
Daylight Saving Time
-Saturday April 1, 2023
Special Events :
Spring holiday (end)
-Sunday April 9, 2023
School holidays :
Optional holiday
-Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic : Easter
Optional holiday
-Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic : Easter Monday
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
-Tuesday April 18, 2023
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Sunday April 23, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
Ramadan holiday (end)
-Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Monday April 24, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
Labor Day/May Day
-Monday May 1, 2023
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 .
Mass Graves Day
-Tuesday May 16, 2023
Culture : National day of remembrance for the victims of Saddam Husseins regime who were buried in mass graves (from 2007 on)
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Thursday June 29, 2023
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
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Friday June 30, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Saturday July 1, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Sunday July 2, 2023
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Sunday July 2, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
National Day
-Friday July 14, 2023
Secular holiday : Celebrates the 1958 coup: the army killed King Feisal II as well as Prince Abdul Illah, seized Baghdad and proclaimed Iraq a republic.
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Wednesday July 19, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Ashura
-Saturday July 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) during his fight against injustice.
Summer holiday (end)
-Sunday September 3, 2023
School holidays :
Arbain-e Hosseini
-Thursday September 7, 2023
Secular holiday : The name simply means 40 in Arabic, and celebrates the 40th and last day of the mourning period for Imam Hussein, killed on the flat plain outside Karbala in 680 CE. Since Ashura is the date of his martyrdom, Arbain is always observed 40 days after Ashura. http://www.cbi.ir/about/holidays.asp
Mouloud - Mawlid (Prophet's birthday)
-Thursday September 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
