Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films
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Wednesday april 3, 2024
Culture : Www.ismailiafilmfest.com/ lasts 1 week - in Ismailia 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Monday april 8, 2024
School holidays :
Automech Akhbar El Yom
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Tuesday april 9, 2024
Tradeshows : Http://expoeg.all.biz/ lasts 6 days - in Cairo - 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast .
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday april 12, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday april 13, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday april 14, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Tuesday april 16, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Thursday april 25, 2024
Special Events :
Sinai's Liberation Day
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Thursday april 25, 2024
Secular holiday : Recall of the Israeli troups in 1985
Labor Day/May Day
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Thursday may 2, 2024
Secular holiday :
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Coptic Easter Monday (Sham al Nessim)
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Monday may 6, 2024
Coptic : The date of the Orthodox Easter is determined in the Julian Calendar. The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC and was in common use until the 1500s, when countries started changing to the Gregorian Calendar. Some countries (for example, Greece and Russia) used it into this century, and the Orthodox church in Russia, and other Orthodox churches still use it.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday june 6, 2024
School holidays :
Al Waqfa Day
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Saturday june 15, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Commemorates the day the Prophet Abraham took his son Ishmael out into the wilderness to sacrifice him to God. As he raised the knife to take his only son's life in obedience to God's command, his hand was stopped and the Lord provided a ram in Ishmael's place.
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday june 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday june 18, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday june 19, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Civil Servants holiday
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Thursday june 20, 2024
Secular holiday :
Fathers' Day
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Friday june 21, 2024
cards/flowers :
International Book Festival
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Wednesday june 26, 2024
Tradeshows :
Uprising Day
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Sunday june 30, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebration of the ousting of president Mohamed Morsi from the presidential office by protests in 2013 from 2016
Jesus entry into Egypt
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Monday july 1, 2024
Culture : Copts consider the Holy Family flight to the land of the Pharaohs, seeking to protect the Christ Child from the wrath of King Herod, a providential event: it prepared the nation to receive the proclamation of the Gospel. According to local tradition, the Holy Family moved throughout the country carrying out miracles, which are at the origin of numerous sanctuaries. Those shrines are visited by Muslims as well as Christians.
Banks are closed
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Monday july 1, 2024
Banks only : Due to the beginning of the new Fiscal Year.
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday july 8, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad.
Revolution Day
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Thursday july 25, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the end of the Egyptian royal government (King Faruk) and the establishment of the republic in 1952 http://www.egyptse.com/
Wafa'a el Nil - Flooding of the Nile (may vary by a few days)
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Culture :
Summer holiday (end)
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Sunday september 1, 2024
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Thursday september 12, 2024
Coptic : Coptic New Year only observed by the Coptic community
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday september 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
Daylight Saving Time
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Thursday september 26, 2024
Special Events :
Armed Forces Day
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Sunday october 6, 2024
Secular holiday : The Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal on this day in 1973 during the war against Israel. Eight years later, Sadat was assassinated while watching the Armed Forces Day parade