ISLAMIC OBSERVANCES & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

• Eid Al Adha (Sacrificial feast for pilgrimage to Mecca)
• Al-Hijri (Islamic New Year)
• Ashoora (Shi'ite day of mourning)
• Labour Day - 1 May
• Prophet Mohamed's Birthday
• Lailat Al Miraj (Ascension of Prophet Mohammed)
• Ramadhan (Holy Month of Fasting)
• Eid Al Fitr
• National Day - 16 December
• Accession Day - 17 December
• New Year's Day - 1 January