The Cabinet approved the Chinese government’s nomination and authorized the continuation of the direct contract with the China State Construction and Communications Corporation to implement, manage, ...

The Eid Al Fitr break is nearly here and we’re already counting down the days. The first big UAE public holiday of 2025 will be Eid Al Fitr. The UAE government has confirmed that we will have at least ...

In the latest wave of ministerial nominations, President John Dramani Mahama has named Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka as the Minister for the Interior-designate. The announcement, which was made by the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Arabic term “Eid al-Fitr” means, literally, “feast of breaking the fast”. It is the first day following the disciplined time of fasting ...

Hadia Mubarak is an Associate Professor of Religion at Queens University of Charlotte. She is the author of Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands: Con... more troversies in Modern Qurʾanic ...

Eid Al Fitr is coming sooner than you think and we’re set for a bumper break to celebrate it. With festivities set to begin at the end of March, you’re already running out of time to book any annual ...

Mubarak Bala, 40, was convicted in a court in the northern city of Kano after, in a surprise move, he pleaded guilty to 18 charges relating to a controversial Facebook post shared in 2020.

According to a resolution the UAE Cabinet has issued, the holiday to mark Islamic festival Eid Al Fitr will be slightly different next year. This marks the most notable change in public holidays ...

Eid is the Arabic word for a festival and there are two main Eid events in the Islamic calendar - Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha. They are very different events, with Eid ul Fitr meaning 'festival of ...