Yes folks, it's the Islamic New Year, which no one really seems to care about, but everyone gets a day off work anyway.
The Islamic calendar works on a lunar cycle, hence the New Year is always on a different day each year.
Since both Friday and Sunday are 'holidays' in the Ramallah district (due to a substantial enough Christian population), this week has been kind of odd to say the least.
Thursday: Work.
Friday: Weekend.
Saturday: Work.
Sunday: Weekend #2.
Monday: Work.
Tuesday: Holiday.
And despite what you might think, I think it's actually better having your work days grouped together and your weekends grouped together too. Anyway, we'll be back to work tomorrow... for another 2 days that is, and then it's the weekend again.
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