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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 ...

Argo director Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for Best Movie at the 85th Annual Academy Awards (Photo: AFP / Robyn Beck)

February 26th, 2013 - 08:19 GMT

Iranophobia gets thumbs up at Oscars with Argo's big win, say critics

An Algerian woman drives a bus (image used for illustrative purposes)

February 26th, 2013 - 07:23 GMT

Daring to straddle the gender gulf: A Saudi woman dresses like a dude to drive a bus

Turkish Airlines flight attendants in 1974 (L) and designer Dilek Hanif’s proposed uniforms (R). (Courtesy: Turkish Airlines / European Pressphoto Agency)

February 26th, 2013 - 04:58 GMT

Turkey's trolley dollies told to cover up in 'Ottoman-style' getup

Historic renovation of the Maghan Abraham Synagogue in central Beirut underway in January 2010 (Photo: Facebook)

February 25th, 2013 - 01:52 GMT

Lebanon's Orthodox Law offers unorthodox turn-up: When it pays for Arabs to be Jewish

Coptic Christians protest outside the Cairo Coptic Hospital the day after 25 Coptic Christians were killed by the army. (Photo: Ed Giles)

February 25th, 2013 - 08:53 GMT

Too little, too late? Morsi changes election date but Egypt's copts still left out in the cold

This undated combo shows Mohammad Nibal Awada, a 12-year-old Lebanese boy who was kidnapped last Wednesday (www.facebook.com/wearelebanon)

February 25th, 2013 - 08:16 GMT

Another day, another kidnapping: Lebanon's "nuisance" crime

The intensive program offered at the center focuses on clarifying political and historical events to its patients in relation to Shariah law (Photo: Al Arabiya)

February 25th, 2013 - 05:01 GMT

Saudis check into 'radical rehab' to ditch extremist ideologies

This frame grab taken on February 19, 2013 from the Facebook page of "TheSunnyCoastSkate" shows a group of Australian teenagers who have been credited with stoking a viral dance craze called the "Harlem Shake". (AFP)

February 24th, 2013 - 11:54 GMT

Egyptians put behind bars for shaking it 'Harlem-style' in their undies

Abu Dhabi police released these cartoons to illustrate the moment a shoplifter swallowed the fake notes

February 24th, 2013 - 09:59 GMT

Eating the evidence: Abu Dhabi shoplifter swallows dodgy bank notes

The April 6 Youth Movement wants Morsi to be sent into orbit

February 24th, 2013 - 07:17 GMT

Egyptian opposition tell Morsi to get lost...in space!

A confused, self-conscious and submissive Syrian president and an all-powerful Iranian leader; both characters in a cartoon video made by Syrian activists, mocking relations between the embattled President Assad and Tehran.

February 24th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Cartoon wars: Assad 'taught to lie' by Khamenei in sketch

Off the dance floor and into a prison cell.

February 23rd, 2013 - 08:00 GMT

Dodgy nightclub ID lands Moroccan woman in Dubai jail