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Get exclusive content with Gulf News WhatsApp channel Workers will also get a one-day holiday on the ninth of Dhu Al Hijjah for Arafat Day. The exact date for the holiday will be announced after ...
There’s nothing residents love more than a day off – and Arafat Day is the next public holiday in store for UAE residents. We are most likely looking forward to two working days off, with Arafat Day ...
Matt Loszak and Yasir Arafat founded Aalo Atomics in 2023 with the intent to mass manufacture nuclear power plants and solve affordability and construction time costs. The company plans to mass ...
With a new year, comes a new list of public holidays and you’ll be happy to hear that the UAE public holidays for 2025 have been confirmed – and we even have the predicted dates too. It looks like ...
As long-jailed dissident Nelson Mandela emerged to become South Africa's first black leader in 1994, the man viewed by many at the time as the Palestinian equivalent, Yasser Arafat, led the ...
Dominating Palestinian politics for the past three decades, Fatah was led by Yasser Arafat, the then-chairman of the umbrella group the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Arafat was elected ...
The UAE’s next public holiday is expected to begin on Thursday, 5 June 2025 for Arafat Day, followed by Eid Al Adha from Friday, 6 to Sunday, 8 June. With the break falling just ahead of the weekend, ...
Syeda Sharmila Rahman, wife of late Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, has returned to Dhaka due to her mother's illness. She landed at ...
DHAKA, March 30, 2025 (BSS) - Syeda Sharmila Rahman, wife of late Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, has returned to Dhaka due to her ...
Originally a musician, Arafat Mohsin Nidhi has expanded his artistry into various fields, including direction and ad films. His contributions to music for films, in particular, have earned him a ...
The specific dates are confirmed based on lunar observations. Additionally, one day each is allocated for Arafat Day and the Islamic New Year, Muharram 1. For 2025, Arafat Day is anticipated on ...
It was enabled and implemented by a coalition of communist and Muslim countries. In 1974, Yasser Arafat, arch-terrorist who ordered the murder of an American ambassador and was responsible for the ...