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Category: Middle East / West Asia
Highlighting events in or celebrating the nations and cultures of the Middle East and West Asia.
The Middle East and West Asia category covers events about the culture or taking place in the region’s nations.
Middle East/West Asia Events
Independence Day, (QA)(1971): September 3
Daily
Independence Day in Qatar marks the anniversary of September 3, 1971, the official day Qatar became an independent nation. Independence Day is a national holiday held annually on the first Monday of Augus...
January
Mawlid an-Nabi (M) (570 AD): September 4/5
Daily
Mawlid an-Nabi, or Mawlid in Islam, is the day set aside for the birth of the Prophet Muhammed. Practicing Muslims usually follow the mention of his name with "Peace be upon him" or the initials PBUH. M...
January
Defense of Pakistan Day, (PK): September 6
Daily
Defense of Pakistan Day remembers the Indo-Pakistan War, which ran from April - September 1965. Defense of Pakistan Day is a national holiday
January
Jerusalem Falls (C)(J)(70AD): September 7
Daily
The fall of Jerusalem and the second temple's destruction is a critical date in Jewish and Christian theology that resonates even today. JEWISH: September 7, 70 AD, witnessed the fall of the eternal cit...
January
Independence Day, (TJ)(1991): September 9
Daily
Independence Day in Tajikistan marks the anniversary of September 9, 1991, when the nation gained independence from the Soviet Union. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Sabra and Shatila Massacre (LB/IL/PS)(1982...
Daily
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982, which killed 3,000 people, and wounded thousands more over 48 hours. It was a continuation of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon th...
January
Hafte Defâ Moqaddas (IR)(1980): September...
Weekly
HAFTE DEFÂ MOQADDAS IRAN'S SACRED DEFENSE WEEK Hafte Defâ Moqaddas, or Sacred Defense Week, is a national Iranian holiday held annually from September 22 to September 29. The week commemorates the valor...
January
Rosh Hashanah (J): September 22-24
Daily
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and the Feast of the Trumpets, marking the beginning of the Jewish faith’s High Holy Days. This two-day observance begins on the first day of Tishrei, the first mont...
January
Jewish Year 5786 (J): September 23 - Septe...
Annual
ABOUT THE HEBREW CALENDAR The Jewish Year 5786 corresponds to 2025 and 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. The Hebrew calendar marks day one as the seventh day of the creation story from the book of Ge...
January
Rabi al-Thani (M): September 23 - October...
Monthly
Rabi al-Thani is the fourth month in the Islamic religious calendar and includes the observances of: 8th of Rabī' al-Thānī—birth of 12th Imām, Ḥasan al-‘Askarī 10th of Rabī’ al-Thānī—death of Fātimah al...
January
Tishrei (J): September 23 - October 22
Monthly
Tishrei is the first civil month and the seventh month in the ecclesiastical year of the Hebrew calendar. Otherwise known as Ethanim, this month is the transition month from summer to autumn. With this...
January
Palestine Petitions for Statehood (2011):...
Daily
Today marks the anniversary of Palestine's 2011 petition for statehood. The nation-state of Israel has occupied parts of Palestine since 1948 and the whole of Palestine since 1967. The diplomatic campai...
January
Tzom Gedaliah (J): September 25
Daily
Tzom Gedaliah is a Jewish observance celebrated on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in the month of Tisherj of the Hebrew calendar. Tzom Gedaliah acknowledges the killing of the governor of Judea at the...
January
Shabbat Shuva (J): September 26/27
Daily
Shabbat Shuva means the Return of Sabbath. It is the sole Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, considered the Ten Days of Repentance. The Jewish Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday and ends at...
January
US/Iran first diplomatic meeting in 35 yea...
Daily
The US and Iran's first diplomatic meeting in 35 years (Persia) happened on September 26, 2013. The two nations dissolved diplomatic ties after the Shah's overthrow and the US Embassy's seizure in Iran...
January
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