| Independence Day - Tuesday July 5, 2022 Secular holiday : Commemorates the Evian agreements of 1962 marking the formal end to the war of independence with France (Evian treaty)
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Thursday July 8, 2021 School holidays :
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| Parliament recess (beginning) - Thursday July 8, 2021 Special Events :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday July 20, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) 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
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday July 21, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) 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
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| El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - Monday August 9, 2021 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. Muslim calendar starts from this date (A.H.), which was established in `Umar's reign. Medina is about 200 miles north of Mecca. Muhammad arrived there on 20th Sep 622 A.D. The name of the city was changed to Medinatu'l-Nabi (city of the Prophet).
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| Ashura - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Parliament recess (end) - Tuesday September 7, 2021 Special Events :
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| Algiers marathon - Friday October 8, 2021 Sports events : Https://www.marathondalger.com/en/resultat.html 2021 edition NOT confirmed
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| Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) - Monday October 18, 2021 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.
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| Summer holiday (end) - Thursday October 21, 2021 School holidays : Moved forward to Nov 4 for secondary schools in 2021
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| National Press Day - Friday October 22, 2021 Culture : In honour of the publication, on October 22, 1955, of the first issue of the newspaper ‘El Mouqawama El Djazairia’, organ of the National Liberation Front (FLN) and the National Liberation Army (ALN). from 2013 onwards
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Wednesday October 27, 2021 School holidays :
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