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Sight Shawwal crescent on Monday
Saudis and expats living in the Kingdom have been asked by the Supreme Court to locate the bow of the long stretch of Shawwal on Monday (Ramadan 29 comparing to June 3) for Eid Al-Fitr. Whoever sights the bow by unaided eyes or through
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Domestic air travel costlier by 555 percent as Eid nears
As Eid Al-Fitr approaches, household air travel has turned out to be costlier with air ticket admission going up by at any rate 555 percent charges, neighborhood Arabic every day Al-Watan gave an account of Wednesday citing industry
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Long Eid Al Fitr break for Dubai schools announced
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has pronounced that Eid Al Fitr occasion for all Dubai schools will start on Sunday, June 2, to Thursday, June 6. Most schools will revive after the long Eid break on Sunday, June
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4 day Holiday for 2 Eids as per Umm Al-Qura calendar
Ministry of Labor and Social Development has reported a multi day occasion for Eid-Al-Adha and Eid-Ul-Fitr celebrations featuring the privileges of
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Private sector staff entitled to 4-day holiday for each Eid
The Ministry of Labor and Social Development stressed on Sunday the privileges of private part representatives as to official occasions and
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More than 166 million stones thrown at the Jamarat in Hajj ritual
As sunset came to Mina on Thursday, the second day of Tashreeq, somewhere in the range of 166,017,250 stones had been thrown at the Jamarat amid the
Read More800 vets to oversee slaughter of over 1m animals during Hajj
The general supervisor of the Adahi Project said that 800 veterinarians will oversee the slaughter of more than one million Adhiya animals, both sheep and cows, for the current Hajj season. Rahimi Ahmed Rahimi told Arab News that there will be
Read MorePilgrims stone Jamrat Al-Aqaba
Hajj pilgrims threw pebbles in Mina on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, and stoned Jamrat Al-Aqaba with seven pebbles. Pilgrims expressed happiness with the ease of throwing pebbles, security, health and ambulatory services, cleanliness and their
Read MoreSaudi Red Crescent attends to 5,000 cases during Hajj Tarwiyah, Arafat days
Nearly 5,000 Hajj pilgrims during the days of Tarawiyah and Arafat at several of their medical centers in Mecca, Mina and Medina, According Saudi Red Crescent teams reported alarabiya. Those treatments included 1,739 cases who were tra
Read MoreHajj sites of Mina register new record of high electric load during Eid
On the first day of Eid al-Adha, the sites of Mina registered a new record of high electric load of 284 megawatts, compared with 256 megawatts last year, an increase of 11%. The head of the western sector, and general supervisor of the
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