More Than 3.5 Million Saudis Celebrate Their Birthdays on 14th February Published February 15th, 2021 - 09:17 GMT (Shutterstock)
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“It’s what makes us Saudis feel even more special,” joked Eng. Zain Mahmoud, “though it’s not easily to explain when traveling,” he said.
Feb. 14 this year was a curious day in Saudi Arabia, the day on which more than 3.5 million Saudis about a tenth of the population celebrated their birthday.
When identification cards became mandatory in the Kingdom more than 60 years ago many of those who came forward to register had no idea of their precise date of birth. The older generation of Saudis marked their birthdays by the year of their birth, neglecting the day and month only a very few knew their exact date of birth, either by a memento such as newspaper clipping or from official birth certificates.