Holiday

The word Nowruz (Novruz, Navruz, Nooruz, Nevruz, Nauryz), means new day; its spelling and pronunciation may vary by country.

Maulana Karenga founded this unique African diasporan festival in 1966 to help people, living throughout the Americas, reconnect with their African cultural and historical heritage inspired by Umkhosi Woselwa, an annual Zulu festival.

As the world celebrates Christmas in the Christian majority countries, we don’t realize how Christian minorities, where they are not a majority, struggle, especially around Christmas.

As we mark the winter solstice on December 21st, with the shortest day and longest night, this cosmological event is celebrated by different cultures around the world in a variety of ways, as we go from the dark, back into the light.

The night of December 17th, the Rumi Arus will be celebrated around the world marking the death anniversary of the world renowned Sufi Poet who rivals Sheakpear.

The Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims around the globe will celebrate the 85th birthday of their hereditary Imam His Highness Shah Karim Al-Hussieni Aga Khan IV on December 13th.

The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the jewish resistance against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the second century B.C. Hanukkah