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Thanks for the replies guys! 
An one more thing... do they cleberate the Gregorian new year too?
Ok the answer for your second question is yes and no…
No since Moutaa don’t approve any celebration other than Eid Al Fitir (after Ramadan) and Eid Al Adha ( After Hajj). So in general people don’t really celebrate the Hijri New Year, it’s more of sending some Whatsapps messages, posting things on Facebook and Tweeting thoughts.
Yes… traditionally , Hijazi people ( Makkah, Jeddah and Madinah area ) use to, and some still do, celebrate the new year with Drinking Milk with Cardamom first thing in the morning of the first day of the new year ( Hoping for a white year), followed by having Molokhia for lunch ( Hoping for a green year) and exchanging Mint and Taifi Rose 
( Hoping for a beautiful year full of love) and Foul Flowers, a type of Jasmine , for a year full of joy and good smells …
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