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JANUARY
1st January: New Year.
7th January: Christmas (Copt).
19th January: Epiphany (Copt).
January: Eid al-Adha. Sheep sacrifice.
FEBRUARY
February: Muslim New year
MARCH
21st March: Annunciation (Copt).
March or April: Easter (Copt).
APRIL
April: Mouled en-Nabi. Celebration of the birth of the Prophet.
25th April: Restitution of the Sinaļ.
MAY
1st May: Labour Day.
JUNE
18th June: Declaration of the Republic.
JULY
23rd July: Day of the 1952 Revolution
AUGUST
August: Wafa'a el Nil (Celebration of the Nile and its flood).
SEPTEMBER
11th September: Copt New Year.
6th October: Armed Forces Day.
OCTOBER
6th October: National Day.
24th October: Suez Victory.
NOVEMBER
November: Eid ul-Fitr.
DECEMBER
23rd December: Victory Day
Muslim events and holidays vary from one year to the next.