Egyptian banks to close on Revolution Day

Ahram Online, Tuesday 19 Jul 2011

All banks will be closed on Sunday 24 July in observance of Revolution Day, Egypt's Central Bank said in an emailed statement today.

"In the occasion of the Revolution Day, all banks will be closed on 24 July, to be resumed on Monday 25 July," the bank's statement reads, referring to the public holiday in Egypt on 23 July, the anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.

With Revolution Day falling on a Saturday this year, the Sunday has been designated an official public holiday.
 

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