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May 19th, 2025 - 08:41 GMT

Al Bawaba Staff

Egyptian researchers reveal the first day of Eid al-Adha

ALBAWABA - As millions of muslims across the globe await the arrival of Eid al-Adha, an Egyptian astronomical research institute revealed that the crescent moon of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH will be sighted on the dawn of Tuesday, May 27. The research institute adds that the moon will be visible in Cairo's skies for a total of 47 minutes after sunset. On the contrary, the moon will ...

Dubai's security chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim took to Twitter to make a series of controversial statements about Palestinians' bid for statehood. (AFP/File)

March 22nd, 2016 - 12:53 GMT

The failed-state solution? Dubai security chief says Palestinians should form bi-national state with Israel

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini reacts during a joint press conference with the Jordanian Foreign Minister in Amman, on March 22, 2016, upon receiving the news about a string of explosions that rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station. (AFP/Stringer)

March 22nd, 2016 - 12:15 GMT

Europe ‘now suffering like the Middle East’: Mogherini’s emotional response to Jordan FM after Brussels explosions

Some 2,300 Saudi women have sued their husbands over abusing their power of attorney, buying and selling properties without consent. (Shutterstock)

March 22nd, 2016 - 11:22 GMT

More money, more problems: 2,300 Saudi women sue husbands over power of attorney abuse

Maha Mallouh's scuplture, "Food for Thought," has been installed near the Al-Anani Mosque at the Jeddah corniche. Here pictured at the Saatchi gallery in London. (File)

March 22nd, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Saudi female artist showcases sculpture at Jeddah corniche

Former UN nuclear monitor and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei. (AFP/File)

March 21st, 2016 - 03:01 GMT

Scratch that: El-Baradei removed from list of Nobel winners in school books

Illustrative photo of woman smoking shisha. (Pinterest)

March 21st, 2016 - 01:02 GMT

No more shisha for you! Dubai bans pregnant women and children from shisha cafes

The Palestine Technical University said the unnamed student had "slandered" the university by hugging his fiancée after putting a ring on her finger. (Shutterstock)

March 21st, 2016 - 06:52 GMT

Get a room? Palestinian university student expelled for hugging his fiancée

Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of (KDP-Iran), take part in a training as they prepare to celebrate Noruz, the Persian New Year, in the town of Koya, 100 kms north of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on March 19, 2016. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

March 21st, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Celebrating Noruz: Peshmerga fighters ring in the Persian New Year with weapons training

That's a lot of pills. (Twitter)

March 20th, 2016 - 11:48 GMT

Busted! Almost 8 million contraband pills seized in Saudi

This is not a watch. (Shutterstock)

March 20th, 2016 - 11:07 GMT

Online scammers are getting boulder: UAE man pays thousands for… a rock?!

Refugee teen Yusra Mardini was an adept swimmer before having to flee the Syrian war. (Twitter)

March 20th, 2016 - 06:51 GMT

Syrian refugee teen is a potential Olympian

Visitors queue to have closer look at a static display of a Lockheed Martin F-35 at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 18, 2016. (AFP/Roslam Rahman)

March 20th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Locked and loaded: Lockheed Martin quadruples manufacturing of laser guided missiles