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30 March – Eid al-Fitr; 18 April – Good Friday; 20 April – Easter Sunday; 1 May – Labour Day; 25 May – Liberation and Resistance Day; 6 June – Eid al-Adha; 26 June – Islamic New Year; 15 August – Assumption Day; 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday; 22 November – Lebanese Independence Day; 25 December – Christmas Day
Eid al-Fitr: عيد الفطر: Aïd el-Fitr: The holiday lasts for three days until 3 Shawwal. Also known as Id-ul-Fitr, Eid, and the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. 10 Dhu al-Hijjah: Eid al-Adha: عيد الأضحى: Aïd el-Kebir: The holiday lasts three days, ending on 13 Dhu al-Hijjah.
Eid-Al-Fitr, also known as the ‘Festival of Breaking Fast’ is the first of two Eids in the Islamic calendar and is typically celebrated after the Muslim fasting month, known as Ramadan.
Here's what to know about celebrating Eid.
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Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) - For families who fled Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon, being away from home is especially hard in the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan - a time when they usually ...
A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan prayer, Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the mosque, prompted by reports that Jews planned to sacrifice a goat at the site (which is forbidden by Israeli law).