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Public holidays in Iraq

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ2070656 ↗
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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.

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