PM designates 21 April official paid holiday for Sham El-Nessim
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has issued a decree designating Monday, 21 April 2025, as an official paid holiday for employees in ministries, government agencies, public authorities, local administrative units, public sector companies, state-owned enterprises, and the private sector in celebration of Sham El-Nessim.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly
Madbouly also announced that the government has designated Thursday, 24 April 2025, an official paid holiday instead of Friday, 25 April 2025, to mark Sinai Liberation Day.
In addition, it has designated Thursday, 1 May 2025, an official paid holiday in observance of Labour Day.
Sinai Liberation Day, which falls on 25 April, celebrates the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier from the Sinai Peninsula on that day in 1982, as per the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement.
Sham-El-Nessim is an ancient Egyptian feast celebrated alongside Easter. According to the Coptic calendar, it occurs annually on the day after Easter Sunday.
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