1st Shawwal - Eid-el Fitr Day
16 February 2020Shawwal (Arabic: شَوَّال, Šawwāl) is the tenth month of the lunar based Islamic calendar.
Shawwāl stems from the verb shāla (شَالَ) to 'lift or carry', generally to take or move things from one place to another, so named because a female camel normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.
Fasting during Shawwāl
DECEMBER 5TH World AIDS Day
16 February 2020Communities are a unique force behind the success of the HIV response
Of the 37.9 million people living with HIV at the end of 2018, 79% received testing, 62% received treatment, and 53% had achieved suppression of the HIV virus with reduced risk of infecting others.
Thul-Hijjah 10th - Eid-el Kabir Day
16 February 2020Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah (Arabic: ذُو ٱلْحِجَّة, Ḏū al-Ḥijjah, IPA: [ðu‿l.ħid͡ʒ.d͡ʒah]), also spelled Zu al-Hijjah, is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. It is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, one in which the Ḥajj (Pilgrimage) takes place as well as the Festival of the Sacrifice.
JANUARY 1ST New Year Day
16 February 2020January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.