Sources: Jordan Times, Jordan Foreign Ministry, and Jordan public holidays. Prime Minister Nader Dahabi announced yesterday that despite last February's Royal decree, setting the Hijra New Year public holiday for Wednesday, January 9, this year's Islamic New Year would in fact be celebrated on Thursday, January 10, 2008.This must have been a hasty, last-minute decision, as the posting on the foreign Ministry's web site announcing the January 10th date, is entitled "January 9th announced official holiday".
Since this represents a marked departure from the 5-year public holidays schedule published last year, we will be contacting the Foreign Ministry on Sunday morning (Jordan weekends are Fridays/Saturdays) to get clarification as to the status and expected validity of the aforementioned schedule of public holidays.
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