The holiday commemorates the day theta the Prophet Mohammad had risen to the sky.

After the six day war, in 1967, the Israeli Druze have begun celebrating the holiday along with their community who leave in the Golan Heights, near Birkat Ram, every 25th of August.

The holiday lasts for four days, as of April 24, in the vicinity of Ne'bi Shuei'b outside of Tiberius (in the north of Israel). According to Druze tradition, Shuei'b is allegedly Jethro, Moses' father in law. In traditional stories, Jethro was born in the half isle of Arabia and wandered over the Sahara desert while...

The festival of Thanksgiving is a major festival in America, and it is Believed that its roots stem with the ancestor Pilgrims. But the fact is that the festival of Thanksgiving is amongst the oldest festivals celebrated by mankind. Ancient tribes performed elaborate feasts and made offerings to the gods to appease...

Ashura is the Islamic holy day that is observed on the 10th of the Islamic month of Muharram. Shi'ite Muslims regard it as a major festival marking the martyrdom of the Prophet's grandson, Hussein. Ashura has been a day of fasting for Sunni Muslims since the days of the early Muslim community. It marks two...

Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Mohammad had moved from Mecca to Medina, and set up the first Islamic state. The Muslim calendar counts dates from the Hijra, which is why Muslim dates have the suffix A.H. (After...

The Festival of Sacrifice is a four day public holiday in Muslim countries. The festival commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. Ibrahim’s complete obedience to the will of God is celebrated by Muslims each year. Each Muslim reminds himself of their own submission to...

The Ramadan is a month long fasting time in which Muslims, all over the world thank Allah for His help, following their month-long act of self-control The first Eid was celebrated in 624 CE by the Prophet Mohammad with his friends and relatives after the victory of the battle of Jang-e-Badar. Muslims are not...

Tu Bishvat is a one day Jewish celebration, for the most part in late January or early February that marks the “New Year of the Trees”. Practices involve planting trees and consuming dried fruits and nuts, particularly figs, dates, raisins, and almonds. In Israel, the flowering of the almond tree, which grows wild in...

Hanukkah, which is also known as the Holiday of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Greek conquerors, in the 2nd century BCE. The holiday is observed by the lighting of the “Menorah” (Hanukkia)), a...