DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2009

Market holiday - Markets and exchanges closed.

REUTERS DIARY OF MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN HOLIDAYS

Double-click in brackets for Americas holidays [HOL1/DIARY],
Asian holidays [HOL2/DIARY] and European holidays [HOL3/DIARY]

Alternatively click on HOLIDAY to retrieve dates by
country.

** Details below represent the latest information available and
will be supplemented later, particularly with updated entries
for Muslim holidays.

(Note: Dates for Eid al-Fitr, Eid el-Adha, Muslim New Year
and Prophet Mohammed's Birthday may differ slightly depending on
the sighting of the moon)

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2009 MARKET HOLIDAYS

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*** More countries will be added as and when available ****

THURSDAY, JAN 1

Bahrain - New Year's Day

Egypt - New Year's Day

Iraq - New Year's Day

Jordan - New Year's Day

Lebanon - New Year's Day

Morocco - New Year's Day

Nigeria - New Year's day

Oman - New Year's Day

South Africa - News Year's Day

Syria - New Year's Day

TUESDAY, JAN 6

Bahrain - Ashura

Iraq - Army Day

Lebanon - Orthodox/Armenian Christmas

WEDNESDAY, JAN 7

Bahrain - Ashura

Egypt - Eastern New Year's Day

Iraq - Ashoura (Subject to lunar sightings)

Lebanon - Ashoura (Subject to lunar sightings)

THURSDAY, JAN 8

Bahrain - Ashura (Subject to lunar sightings)

SUNDAY, JAN 11

Morocco - Manifesto of Independence

MONDAY, FEB 9

Lebanon - St. Maroun day

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

Bahrain - Prophet Mohammad's Birthday (Subject to lunar
sightings)

Syria - Revolution Day

MONDAY, MARCH 9

Egypt - Prophet Mohamed's Birthday (Subject to lunar
sightings)

Iraq - Birth of Prophet Mohammed (Subject to lunar
sightings)

Jordan - Birth of Prophet Mohammed (Subject to lunar
sightings)

Lebanon - Birth of Prophet Mohammed (Subject to lunar
sightings)

Morocco - Aid al-Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday)

Nigeria - Eidel Kabir (Subject to lunar sightings)

Syria - Birth of Prophet Mohammed (Subject to lunar
sightings)

FRIDAY, MARCH 13

Nigeria - Eidel Maulud

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

South Africa - Human Right's Day

Syria - Mother's Day

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

Jordan - Independence Day

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

Iraq - Baghdad Liberation Day

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

Nigeria - Good Friday

South Africa - Good Friday

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

Nigeria - Easter Day

MONDAY, APRIL 13

Nigeria - Easter Monday

South Africa - Family Day

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Iraq - FAO Day

Lebanon - Good Friday

Syria - Independence Day

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

Egypt - Easter

MONDAY, APRIL 20

Egypt - Sham El Nessim/Easter Monday

Lebanon - Easter Monday

MONDAY, APRIL 27

South Africa - Freedom Day

FRIDAY, MAY 1

Egypt - Banks Holiday

Iraq - Labour Day

Lebanon - Labour Day

Morocco - Labour Day

Nigeria - Labour Day

South Africa - Workers Day

Syria - Labour Day

SUDNAY, MAY 3

Bahrain - Labour Day

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

Lebanon - Martyr's Day

Syria - Martyrs Day

MONDAY, MAY 25

Lebanon - Resistance and Liberation Day

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Nigeria - Democracy Day

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10

Jordan - Army Day

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

South Africa - Youth Day

TUESDAY, JULY 14

Iraq - Republic Day

MONDAY, JULY 20

Jordan - Prophet's Ascension (Subject to lunar sightings)

THURSDAY, JULY 23

Egypt - Revolution Day

Oman - Renissance Day

THURSDAY, JULY 30

Morocco - Feast of the Throne

SATURDAY, AUG 8

Iraq - Ceasefire Day(End of Iran/Iraq War)

SUNDAY, AUG 9

South Africa - National Women's Day

FRIDAY, AUG 14

Morocco - Fête Oued Eddahab (Oued Eddahab Allegiance Day).

THURSDAY, AUG 20

Morocco - Revolution du Roi et du Peuple (Anniversary of the
King and the People's Revolution).

FRIDAY, AUG 21

Morocco - King Mohammed's Birthday