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Contact edit! Revolution's Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the National Council of Revolution's assumption of power in 1963
Mothers Day
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Thursday march 21, 2024
Secular holiday :
Noruz
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Friday march 22, 2024
cards/flowers : From 2012 onwards
Daylight Saving Time
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Saturday march 30, 2024
Special Events :
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday april 9, 2024
School holidays :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday april 11, 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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Friday april 12, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Sunday april 14, 2024
School holidays :
Evacuation Day
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Wednesday april 17, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the anniversary of the final evacuation of all French troops in 1946
Teachers' Day
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Thursday april 18, 2024
Culture :
Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Martyrs' Day
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Monday may 6, 2024
Secular holiday : On May 6, 1916, the Ottomans hanged Syrian national fighters who were seeking independence of the Arab states from the Ottoman Empire.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday june 6, 2024
School holidays :
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 - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Tuesday june 18, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday june 19, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Fathers' Day
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Friday june 21, 2024
cards/flowers :
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday july 7, 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.
Damascus International Fair
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Wednesday july 10, 2024
Tradeshows : Https://www.damascusfair.org/ 2023 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (end)
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Sunday september 1, 2024
School holidays :
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.