The Washington Diplomat

World Holidays, February 2003

ALGERIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

ANGOLA
Feb. 4: Beginning of Armed Struggle Day

AZERBAIJAN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

BAHRAIN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

BANGLADESH
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha
Feb. 21: Shaheed Day

BELARUS
Feb. 23: Day of Nation Defenders and of Armed Forces

BENIN
Feb. 12: Tabaski (Eid Al Adha)

BOLIVIA
Feb. 26-March 4: Carnival

BRUNEI
Feb. 1: Chinese New Year
Feb. 12: Hari Raya Aidiladha
Feb. 24: Brunei Darussalam’s 19th National Day (Substitution for Feb. 23)

BURKINA FASO
Feb. 12: Tabaski

BURMA
Feb. 12: Union Day

BURUNDI
Feb. 5: Unity Day

CHAD
Feb. 12: Tabaski

CHINA
Feb. 1-3: Chinese New Year

CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

DJIBOUTI
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Feb. 27: Independence Day

EGYPT
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

ESTONIA
Feb. 24: Independence Day

ETHIOPIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

GAMBIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha
Feb. 18: Independence Day

GERMANY
Feb. 27-March 5: Carni val

GRENADA
Feb. 7: Independence Day

GUYANA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha
Feb. 23: Republic Day

INDIA
Feb. 12: Bakrid

INDONESIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

IRAN
Feb. 11: Revolution Day
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

JAPAN
Feb. 11: National Foundation Day

JORDAN
Feb. 12: Eid Al-Adha

KOREA
Feb. 1-3: Sollal

KUWAIT
Feb. 12: Ed Al Adha
Feb. 25: National Day
Feb. 26: Liberation Day

LEBANON
Feb. 9: St. Maroun’s Day
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

LIBERIA
Feb. 11: Armed Forces Day

LIBYA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

LIECHTENSTEIN
Feb. 2: Candlemass

LITHUANIA
Feb. 16: Independence Day

MALAYSIA
Feb. 1-2: Chinese New Year Holiday
Feb. 12-13: Hari Raya Haji

MALTA
Feb. 10: Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck

MAURITANIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

MEXICO
Feb. 5: Commemoration of Mexico’s Constitution of 1917

MONGOLIA
Feb. 2-3: New Year Holiday (Lunar Calendar)

MOROCCO
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

MOZAMBIQUE
Feb. 3: Heroes’ Day

NEPAL
Feb. 19: Democracy Day of Nepal

NEW ZEALAND
Feb. 6: Waitangi Day

NIGER
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

NIGERIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

OMAN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

PAKISTAN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

QATAR
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

SAINT LUCIA
Feb. 22: Independence Day

SAUDI ARABIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

SENEGAL
Feb. 12: Tabaski

SIERRA LEONE
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

SINGAPORE
Feb. 1-2: Chinese New Year
Feb. 12: Hari Raya Haji

SLOVENIA
Feb. 8: Preseren Day, Slovene Culture Day

SRI LANKA
Feb. 4: National Day
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

SUDAN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

SURINAME
Feb. 25: Revolution Day

SYRIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

TAIWAN
Feb. 1-3: Chinese New Year Holiday

TANZANIA
Feb. 5: Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

THAILAND
Feb. 17: Substituted for Makha Bucha Day

TUNISIA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

TURKEY
Feb. 15: Ramadan Holiday

TURKMENISTAN
Feb. 12: Kurban Bairam
Feb. 19: Flag Day

UGANDA
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

UZBEKISTAN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha

VIETNAM
Feb. 3-5: Vietnamese
Lunar New Year Holiday

YEMEN
Feb. 12: Eid Al Adha