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Public holidays in Iraq
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This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.[1][2]
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Special holidays
Iraq recognizes official religious holidays that apply exclusively to followers of those religions, these holidays include:[4]
Christianity
- 25 December: Nativity of Jesus
- Easter (2 days)
Judaism
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
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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.[5]
- 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: Suleimaniah 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
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References
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