Public holidays in Iraq

This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.

Special holidays

Iraq recognizes official religious holidays that apply exclusively to followers of those religions, these holidays include:

Christianity

• 25 December: Nativity of Jesus
• Easter (2 days)

Judaism

• 15 Nisan: Pesach (2 days)
• 15 Tishrei: Sukkot (2 days)

Sabianism

• 5-6 April: Eid al-Banja
• 7-8 August: Eid al-Kabeer
• 23 November: Eid al-Sagheer
• Eid Wahna Lamafa

Yazidism

• First Wednesday of April
• 18-21 July
• 23-30 September

• First Friday of December

Other important dates

These are working days at the KRG Council of Ministers, and businesses are open. Special events take place around the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to mark these dates.

• 10 February: Kurdish Authors Union Day
• 18 February: Kurdish Students Union Day
• 1 March: Commemoration of Mustafa Barzani’s Death
• 7 March: Liberation of Slemani City
• 8 March: Women's Day
• 10 March: Kurdish Clothes Day (Iraqi Kurdistan only)
• 13 March: Liberation of Duhok City
• 16 March: Halabja Remembrance Day
• 20 March: Liberation of Kirkuk City
• 1 April: Assyrian New Year
• 9 April: Baghdad Liberation Day
• 14 April: Commemoration of Anfal genocide against the Kurds
• 16 April: Remembrance of Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Wasan
• 25 April: Anniversary of First Cabinet of Kurdish Government (1993)
• 13 June: Sulaymaniyah City Fallen and Martyrs' Day
• 14 July: Anniversary of the 1958 Revolution
• 11 December: Establishment of Kurdish Women’s Union
• 17 December Kurdistan Flag Day

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