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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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

Israel - Passover 1 Eve

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

Iraq - Baghdad Liberation Day

Israel - Passover 1

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

Cameroon - Good Friday

Gambia - Good Friday

Ghana - Good Friday

Kenya - Good Friday

Malawi - Good Friday

Namibia - Good Friday

Nigeria - Good Friday

South Africa - Good Friday

United Arab Emirates - Good Friday (DGCX)

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

Madagascar - Easter

Malawi - Easter Sunday

Namibia - Easter Sunday

Nigeria - Easter Day

MONDAY, APRIL 13

Central African Republic - Easter Monday

Chad - Easter Monday

Gabon - Easter Monday

Gambia - Easter Monday

Ghana - Easter Monday

Ivory Coast - Easter Monday

Kenya - Easter Monday

Madagascar - Easter Monday

Malawi - Easter Monday

Mali - Easter Monday

Namibia - Easter Monday

Nigeria - Easter Monday

South Africa - Family Day

TUESDAY, APRIL 14

Israel - Passover 2 Eve

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

Israel - Passover 2

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Ethiopia - Ethiopian Good Friday

Gabon - Womens' Day

Iraq - FAO Day

Lebanon - Good Friday

Syria - Independence Day

United Arab Emirates - Good Friday (DIFX)

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

Egypt - Easter

Ethiopia - Ethiopian Easter

MONDAY, APRIL 20

Egypt - Sham El Nessim/Easter Monday

Lebanon - Easter Monday

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

South Africa - Public Holiday (Election Day)

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

Eritrea - Local Good Friday

MONDAY, APRIL 27

South Africa - Freedom Day

TUESDAY, APRIL 28

Israel - Memorial Day

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

Israel - Independence Day

FRIDAY, MAY 1

Burundi - International Labour Day

Cameroon - Labor Day

Central African Republic - Labor Day

Chad - Labor Day

Comoros - Labor Day

Congo Republic - Labor Day

Egypt - Banks Holiday

Eritrea - Workers day

Ethiopia - International Labour Day

Gabon - Labor Day

Gambia - Labor Day

Ghana - Labour Day

Iraq - Labour Day

Ivory Coast - Labour Day

Kenya - International Labour Day

Lebanon - Labour Day

Madagascar - Labour Day

Malawi - Labour Day

Mali - Labor Day

Mauritania - Labor Day

Morocco - Labour Day

Namibia - Worker's Day

Nigeria - Labour Day

South Africa - Workers Day

Syria - Labour Day

SUNDAY, MAY 3

Bahrain - Labour Day

MONDAY, MAY 4

Namibia - Cassinga Day

TUESDAY, MAY 5

Ethiopia - Ethiopian Patriot's Day

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

Lebanon - Martyr's Day

Syria - Martyrs Day

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Eritrea - Schuman Day

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20

Cameroon - National Day

THURSDAY, MAY 21

Cameroon - Ascension

Cameroon - Sheep Festival

Central African Republic - Ascension

Ivory Coast - Ascension

Madagascar - Ascension Day

Namibia - Ascension Day

MONDAY, MAY 25

Chad - Africa Day

Ghana - Africa Day

Jordan - Independence Day

Lebanon - Resistance and Liberation Day

Madagascar - Whit Sunday Pentecost

Mali - Africa Day

Mauritania - Africa Day

Namibia - Africa Day

TUESDAY, MAY 28

Ethiopia - Downfall of the Dergue regime

Israel - Pentecost (Shavout) Eve

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Nigeria - Democracy Day

MONDAY, JUNE 1

Central African Republic - Whit Monday

Gabon - Whit Monday

Ivory Coast - Whit Monday

Kenya - Madaraka Day

Madagascar - Whit Monday

FRIDAY, JUNE 3

Burundi - Pentecost

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10

Jordan - Army Day

THURSDAY, JUNE 11

Chad - Independence Day

Libya - Evacuation Day

SUNDAY, JUNE 14

Malawi - Freedom Day

TUESDAY, JUNE 16

South Africa - Youth Day

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

Eritrea - Martyres Day

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

Madagascar - Independence Day (Fetinny Fahaleovantena)

TUESDAY, JUNE 30

Central African Republic - National Prayer Day

Congo Republic - Independence Day

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

Burundi - Independence Day

Ghana - Republic Day

MONDAY, JULY 6

Comoros - Independence Day

Malawi - Republic Day

TUESDAY, JULY 14

Iraq - Republic Day

SUNDAY, JULY 19

United Arab Emirates - The Prophet's Ascension (Nasdaq
Dubai)-Subject to lunar sightings

MONDAY, JULY 20

Comoros - Ascension of Mohammed

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

Libya - Ascension of the Prophet(subject to lunar sighting)

United Arab Emirates - The Prophet's Ascension
(DFM/ADX/DGCX) - Subject to lunar sightings

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22

Gambia - Revolution Day

THURSDAY, JULY 23

Egypt - Revolution Day

Libya - Reviolution Day

Oman - Renissance Day

THURSDAY, JULY 30

Israel - Tisha Be'av Fast Day

Morocco - Feast of the Throne

FRIDAY, AUG 7

Ivory Coast - Independence Day

SATURDAY, AUG 8

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

MONDAY, AUG 10

South Africa - Market Holiday

TUESDAY, AUG 11

Chad - Independence Day

THURSDAY, AUG 13

Central African Republic - Independence Day

FRIDAY, AUG 14

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

SATURDAY, AUG 15

Cameroon - Assumption

Central African Republic - Assumption

Gabon - Assumption

Gambia - Assumption

Ivory Coast - Assumption

Madagascar - Assumption Day

SUNDAY, AUG 16

Gabon - Independence Day

MONDAY, AUG 17

Gabon - Independence Day

TUESDAY, AUG 18

Gabon - Independence 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

SATURDAY, AUG 22

Comoros - Start of Ramadan (May change)

WEDNESDAY, AUG 26

Namibia - Heroes' Day

TUESDAY, SEPT 1

Eritrea - Beginning of struggle

Libya - National Day

SUNDAY, SEPT 11

Eritrea - Ge'ez New Year

Ethiopia - Ethiopian New Year

THURSDAY, SEPT 17

Ivory Coast - Lailat al Qadr (subject to lunar sighting)

SATURDAY, SEPT 19

Saudi Arabia - Eid Al Fitr (Subject to lunar sightings)

SUNDAY, SEPT 20

Comoros - End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

Egypt - Eid El Fitr (Subject to lunar sightings)

Ethiopia - Id Al Fater (Remedan)

Iraq - Eid El Fitr(Subject to lunar sightings)

Israel - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)