SUDAN'S ISLAMIC NEW YEAR

By: Alejandro C
Sudan is located in the northeast of Africa. It borders Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo and red Sea. Sudan’s capital is Khartoum. Sudan’s official language is Arabic. Seventy percent of the population in Sudan is Muslim. The weather in Sudan is very hot. This is because Sudan is a desert. You might want to go to Blue and White Nile.
	Sudan’s Islamic New Year date of the Islamic New Year in Sudan changes depending on the Islamic religious calendar. The people that celebrate this holiday are Muslims. The way the Muslims celebrate New Year's Day is very different from other New Year’s. This celebration marks the occasion when the Prophet Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina to create the first Islamic state. They gather in mosques and offer special prayers to read from the Koran.
Another important prayer service celebrated during the Islamic New Year is the narration of the Hegira or the flight of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. Muslims are supposed to reflect on their life, the manner in which they are leading their life and about their own mortality. The day is spent in prayer and reflecting on how one is leading one's life. The New Year is known as Maal Hijra among the Muslims. Recently a number of Muslims have started sending greeting cards to each other on their New Year's Day
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