Dar al-Iftaa, headed by Dr. Nazir Muhammad Ayyad, Grand Mufti of Egypt, will sight the crescent moon of Shawwal 1446 AH to determine the first day of Eid al-Fitr. The sighting will be announced live on the official Al-Ahram Gate page approximately half an hour after sunset. Dr. Nazir Ayyad, Grand Mufti of Egypt and Head of the General Secretariat of Fatwa Authorities and Institutions Worldwide, extended his sincere congratulations and best wishes to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (may God protect and preserve him), to the kings, presidents, and leaders of Arab and Islamic countries, to the great Egyptian people, and to the peoples of the Arab and Islamic nations as a whole, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. He prayed to God Almighty to make it a holiday of goodness, blessings, security, and peace, to guide the nation's leaders to what will bring it glory and progress, and to bestow upon our country further prosperity and progress.