Jordan: Holidays, Events, and National Customs Public holidays The dates for the Islamic holidays are calculated according to the lunar calendar and therefore shift every year. During the fasting month of Ramadan, which precedes the festival day Eid al-Fitr, Muslims do not eat food during the day, but only after sunset. Many restaurants are therefore…
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Jordan History
The land east of the Jordan, which was populated by Semitic tribes (Ammonites, Edomites, Moabites) and closely linked to the history of Palestine, was a transit area for trade caravans from Egypt to Syria and from and to Arabia. Since the end of the 5th century BC The Arab Nabataeans settled the country from the…