West Asia running on different clocks at Ramdan

by Ysk P    August 30, 2008

The start of the holy month of Ramndan next week is causing clock confusion in the Middle Easts.

Egypt and the palestians are falling to reduce daylight hours for Muslims fasting until sunset in swetering summer temperatures politics also adding a twist.

Egypt will move its clocks back onehour at midnight on thursdays' a full month earlier than usual .Egypt decision will enable its people to have their, an hour earlier.

Isreal geos off daylights saving time on october 5 'before Yom Kippur also as a way of making the jewish holy day's  25 hour fast easier.

Jordan will also switch the clocks back as usual by the end of october, as will Lebanon .Syria falls back in late Septemper,while Saudi Arabia and Iraq don't change clocks.

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