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Holidays and Feasts

Friday is public holiday in Egypt. the following dates on the Georgian calendar are observed as official public holidays in Egypt :

New yer`s Day 1 January
Eastern Christmas 7 January
Union Day 22 february
Labour Day 1 May
Sham El Nassim
(Coptic Easter) 2 May
Liberation Day 18 June
Revolution Day 23 July
Armed Forces Day 6 October
Anniversary of Suez 24 October
Victory Day 23 December

Muslim Religious Events:

Some holidays and feasts occur on a rotating basis during the year because they are based on Islamic calendar.Each occurs some ten to twelve days earlier every year. The Muslim holidays observed in Egypt include Mouled el-Nabi (the birth of the prophet Mohamed-peace upon him.),
Eid el Adha ( to commemorate prophet Abraham`s sacrifice of his son Ismael), Eid el-Fitr ( observed at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan),
and the Islamic new year.

• Religious events are mostly Islamic and subject to appearance of the moon.

• Please note that during public holidays, museums and sihtseeing are not closed, only banks, government offices are closed..

What is Sham El-Nessim?

The Sham El-Nessim festival signifying the arrival of Spring is a uniquely Egyptian tradition practiced since the days of the Pharaohs.
Amongst its most important rites: eating spring onions, and the salted fish known as fiseekh. Sham El-Nessim, like any other eid, is also a perfect time for all and sundry to head out to public parks and gardens.
With this year's holiday falling on a Monday, a lot of businesses have also decided to take Sunday off, thus giving their employees a long weekend. Banks will be closed both Sunday and Monday, and the streets should be empty, as many Cairenes take advantage of the long break to get out of town for a while. Meanwhile, the weather is in full cooperation -- a perfect sunny and breezy springtime mild.