Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday march 11, 2024
cards/flowers :
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Monday march 11, 2024
School holidays :
Mothers' Day
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Thursday march 21, 2024
cards/flowers : Ruz-e Madar in Arabic
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Sunday april 21, 2024
School holidays :
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 .
End of school year
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Thursday may 30, 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
Independence Day
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Wednesday june 26, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained from Italy in 1960
Republic Day
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Monday july 1, 2024
Secular holiday :
Ashura
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Wednesday july 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice.
Beginning of school year
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Sunday august 18, 2024
School holidays :
National Day of Human Rights
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Tuesday august 27, 2024
Culture : To institutionalize the protection and promotion of human rights throughout the country
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday september 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : 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.