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World
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International
12/19/2024 8:07:31 PM
The United States was staring down the barrel of a holiday-period government shutdown Thursday after a late-hour intervention by Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatened efforts in Congress to keep the lights on through the New Year.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
12/8/2024 8:24:12 PM
The Palestinian film Happy Holidays won the Marrakech Film Festival’s top award, Étoile d’Or (Golden Star). Actresses Manar Shehab and Wafaa Aoun shared Best Actress Awards.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
11/25/2024 7:12:50 PM
Wall Street stocks opened higher Monday as investors reacted positively to Donald Trump's Treasury Department pick at the start of a holiday-shortened week that will include economic data and earnings reports.
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World
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Region
10/12/2024 10:37:25 AM
Lebanese group Hezbollah on Saturday said it launched a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military base south of the coastal city of Haifa, as Israelis marked the Yom Kippur holiday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/7/2024 12:29:39 PM
The Palestinian films No Other Land and Happy Holidays will compete at the 60th edition of the Chicago International Film Festival (16-27 October).
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Egypt
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Society
10/3/2024 9:38:06 PM
This long holiday weekend promises a mix of hot and cool weather, according to the Egyptian Metrological Authority (EMA).
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Business
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Economy
10/1/2024 1:25:33 PM
Sunday will be a holiday for all banks in Egypt on the anniversary of the 6th of October war triumph, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Society
9/29/2024 10:35:19 PM
Egypt’s Cabinet announced that Sunday, 6 October 2024, will be a paid holiday for public sector employees to celebrate Armed Forces Day which commemorates the victory of the 6 October 1973 War.
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Business
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Economy
9/11/2024 1:13:00 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Wednesday that banks will take Sunday, 15 September, off for the celebration of Moulid El-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's birthday).
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Egypt
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Society
9/9/2024 9:06:00 AM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly designated Sunday, 15 September, as an official paid holiday for Moulid El-Nabi (the celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birth).
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/8/2024 7:15:30 PM
Palestinian film Happy Holidays won the Best Screenplay award at the 81st Venice Film Festival (27 August-7 September), where it had its world premiere at the Horizons (Orizzonti) sidebar.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/13/2024 1:38:34 PM
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led hundreds of Israelis into the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in annexed east Jerusalem Tuesday and performed prayers marking a Jewish holiday, sources said.
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Egypt
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Society
7/21/2024 7:06:13 PM
Banks and the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) will take Thursday 25 July as a paid holiday to mark the anniversary of the 23 July 1952 revolution, according to a statement made by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
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Egypt
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Society
7/15/2024 7:23:37 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced that Thursday 25 July will be a paid holiday for public and private sector employees to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of 23 July 1952 Revolution
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Egypt
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Society
7/5/2024 12:42:00 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced Thursday 11 July to be a paid holiday for both the public and private sectors' employees in celebration of the Hijri New Year.
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Egypt
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Society
6/26/2024 1:10:37 PM
Commemorating the anniversary of the 30 June 2013 Revolution, next Sunday has been declared a paid holiday for Egypt's private sector, said Minister of Labour Hassan Shehata.
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Egypt
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Society
6/24/2024 12:28:01 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued a decree stipulating that Sunday, 30 June 2024, will be a paid day off to mark the anniversary of the 30 June 2013 Revolution.
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Egypt
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Society
6/21/2024 3:39:57 PM
The Thanaweya Amma, or high school, exams will resume in Egypt on Saturday after a brief break for the week-long Eid Al-Adha holiday.
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World
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Region
6/17/2024 5:17:32 PM
Some displaced residents of southern Lebanon returned Monday to their towns for a key Muslim holiday to pray and mourn loved ones killed in months of cross-border violence between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Egypt
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Society
6/16/2024 7:26:00 PM
Northern Egypt is getting a much-needed break from a gruelling heatwave that saw temperatures reaching 45 °C in the capital and the Nile Delta over the weekend, but southern Egypt will continue to suffer from exceptionally warm temperatures all week.
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