OCEANROAMERS

THE MAIN RELIGIOUS FESTIVALES
Fixed dates
• 1st January: New Year’s Day
• 7th January: Coptic Christmas
• 19th January: Coptic Epiphany

Variable dates
• Aid el-Fitr: marks the end of Ramadan, 3 days of colorful festivals
• Aid el-Adha: commemoration of Abraham’s sacrifice (70 days after the end of Ramadan)
• Ras as-Sana el Hejria: Muslim New Year
• Mouled en-Nabi: anniversary of the birth of the Prophet
• Coptic Easter

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Fixed dates
1st January: New Year’s Day
7th January: Coptic Christmas
25th April: Sinai Liberation Day
April (variable date): Sham en-Nessim (spring festival)
1st May: Labour Day
23rd July: Anniversary of the 1952 revolution
6th October: Armed forces day

Variable dates
Depending on the Muslim calendar
• Aid el-Fitr: marks the end of Ramadan.
• Aid el-Adha: commemoration of Abraham's sacrifice (70 days after the end of Ramadan).
• Ras as-Sana el Hejria: Muslim New Year.
• Mouled en-Nabi: anniversary of the birth of the Prophet.