Egyptian Holidays

2010

Date	Holiday
January 1st (according to the Gregorian calendar )	New Year's Day
January 7th	Coptic Christmas Day
January 25th	Egypt Police Day
February 26th (varies)	Birth of the Prophet (Moulid El Nabi)
March 3rd	Sportsmen's Day
March 21st	Mother's Day
April 5th (Monday following Orthodox Easter)	Spring Festival (Sham el Nesim)
April 25th	Sinai Liberation Day
April 28th (varies)	Coptic Easter
May 1st	Labour Day
June 18th	Evacuation Day (Eid el-Galaa)
July 23rd	Revolution Day
August 15th	Flooding of the Nile (Wafaa Elnil)
September 10th - 13th (varies - religious holiday for 3 days)	End of Ramadan/Bairam Feast (Eid ul-Fitr)
September 11th	Coptic New Year
October 6th	Armed Forces Day
October 21st	Egyptian Naval Day
October 24th	Suez Day / Popular Resistance Day
November 15th	Day of Arafat
November 16th - 19th (varies - religious holiday for 4 days)	Festival of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)
December 7th (varies - based on the lunar Islamic calendar)	Islamic New Year
December 23rd	Victory Day