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Public holidays
are celebrated by the entire population of Egypt.
Holidays
in
Egypt
have many classifications. Some holidays are religious and others are secular, while some can be fixed holidays on the
calendar
while others are movable. There are four
Islamic
holidays and two Christian holidays. The
National Day
of Egypt is celebrated on July, 23
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which coincides with the annual celebration of the
Egyptian revolution of 1952
when the modern republic of Egypt was declared, ending the period of the
Kingdom of Egypt
.
Government offices and ministries in Egypt rest on Friday of each week. In addition, banks and many institutes have non-working days on Saturday too which is an official resting-day
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or Sunday which is not official but commonly used as a resting-day by non-governmental institutes and shops with Christian
religious observance
. Some
barbershops
and
hairdressers
close their shops on Monday instead of Friday, Saturday and Sunday when they keep their shops open.
National holidays
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The following holidays are celebrated across the country, where government offices and ministries are closed. These holidays are either national secular holidays or important religious holidays.
Fixed holidays
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The following holidays occur annually on a fixed day of the
calendar
:
Some government-related offices, including most
universities
, are also closed on the
Coptic Orthodox
date of
Epiphany
, 19 January.
Movable holidays
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The following days are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, either because the date is fixed relative to the lunar
Islamic calendar
or (in the case of Sham El Nessim) has no fixed date in any calendar. In order in which they occur:
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