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Public holidays in Iraq

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This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.

Date	Name	Notes
January 1	New Year's Day
January 6	Army Day
March 21	Nowruz
May 1	Labour Day
October 3	National Day	National Iraqi Day. Celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932
December 10	Victory Day	Victory over Daesh ISIS
December 25	Christmas Day
Muharram 1	Islamic New Year
Muharram 10	Ashura
Rabi' al-Awwal 12	The Prophet's Birthday
Shawwal 1	End of Ramadan (3 days)
Dhu al-Hijjah 10	Feast of Sacrifice (4 days)
Dhu al-Hijjah 18	Eid al-Ghadir

Special holidays

Iraq recognizes official religious holidays that apply exclusively to followers of those religions, these holidays include:

Christianity

25 December: Nativity of Jesus
Easter (2 days)

Judaism

15 Nisan: Pesach (2 days)
15 Tishrei: Sukkot (2 days)

Sabianism

5-6 April: Eid al-Banja
7-8 August: Eid al-Kabeer
23 November: Eid al-Sagheer
Eid Wahna Lamafa

Yazidism

First Wednesday of April
18-21 July
23-30 September
First Friday of December

Other important dates

These are working days at the KRG Council of Ministers, and businesses are open. Special events take place around the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to mark these dates.

10 February: Kurdish Authors Union Day
18 February: Kurdish Students Union Day
1 March: Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani’s Death
7 March: Liberation of Slemani City
8 March: Women's Day
10 March: Kurdish Clothes Day (Iraqi Kurdistan only)
13 March: Liberation of Duhok City
16 March: Halabja Remembrance Day
20 March: Liberation of Kirkuk City
1 April: Assyrian New Year
9 April: Baghdad Liberation Day
14 April: Commemoration of Anfal genocide against the Kurds
16 April: Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan
25 April: Anniversary of First Cabinet of Kurdish Government (1993)
13 June: Sulaymaniyah City Fallen and Martyrs' Day
14 July: Anniversary of the 1958 Revolution
11 December: Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union
17 December Kurdistan Flag Day

References

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