Eid al-Adha

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Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam's Eid Al-Adha • Mar. 11, 2025, 2:27 AM ET (NPR)

Morocco urges people to not buy sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations • Feb. 28, 2025, 5:01 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As	Kurban Bayram • ʿĪd al-Kabīr • ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā • Tobaski • ʿĪd al-Qurbān

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hajj Dhū al-Ḥijjah Ramadan Eid al-Fitr Laylat al-Qadr