Happy New Hijri Year

I got a text from my dad this morning saying happy new hijri year (actually it was saying I expected you to text me that yesterday :) ). Today is the first day of the new Hijri year 1427 according to the Islamic calendar. For those of you who don't know, our Islamic calendar starts with prophet Mohammad's migration from Macca to Madina (in Saudi Arabia now) which was a landmark event in the history of Islam. Maybe you would be interested to know the names of the months:

1. Muharram محرّم
2. Safar صفر
3. Rabi'-ul-Awwal ربيع الأول
4. Rabi'-al-Thaany ربيع الثاني
5. Jumaada-ul-Awwal جمادى الأول
6. Jumaada- al-Thaany جمادى الثاني
7. Rajab رجب
8. Sha'aban شعبان
   
9. Ramadan رمضان
   
10. Shawwal شوّال
    
11. Zul Qi'dah ذو القعدة
    
12. Zul Hijjah ذو الحجة
    

Anyway, I was also thinking today that it is a nice coincidence that I'm starting my second year here exactly at the same time as the new hijri year. May God bless this year for me and for you all and fill it with more happiness and success.

Mai