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Iraq's Kurdistan announces three-day
holiday on Lesser Bairam
11.10.2007
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October
11, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', --
The government of Iraq's Kurdistan region announced
a three-day holiday on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr
(the Lesser Bairam) marking the end of the holy
month of Ramadan, an official source in Erbil said
on Thursday.
"The Kurdish government announced an official
three-day vacation on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
throughout Kurdistan on the occasion of the Lesser
Bairam," the Kurdish cabinet said.
Eid al-Fitr vacations, marking the end of the Muslim
holy fasting month of Ramadan, are due on Friday or
Sunday at the latest pending the sighting of the new
crescent moon.
The Iraqi government also announced the same three
days as an official vacation.
VOI
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