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Old 11-01-2008, 01:03 PM
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Anybody know if there are any Egyptian festivals apart from the well known Eid etc,or even any type of national holidays that may be worth mentioning?.
Heres a couple

The following holidays are celebrated across the country, with the government offices and ministries closed. These holidays are either national secular holidays or important religious holidays.



April 25
Sinai Liberation Day Celebrates the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Sinai peninsula.

May 1 Labour Day
International holiday.
July 23
Revolution Day
Celebrates the beginning of the 1952 Revolution

October 6
Armed Forces Day
Celebrates The Crossing of the Suez Canal by Egyptian forces during the Yom Kippur War