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Business
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Economy
4/23/2025 7:28:44 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced that Labour Day, which falls on Thursday, 1 May, will be a paid holiday for banks in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Society
4/13/2025 6:08:44 PM
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.
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Egypt
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Tourism
4/9/2025 2:11:54 PM
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy recently issued a ministerial decree streamlining the conditions and regulations for licensing holiday home rentals, a relatively new form of tourist accommodation in Egypt.
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World
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Region
4/5/2025 5:27:41 PM
Iran’s rial currency traded Saturday at a record low against the U.S. dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday, costing over 1 million rials for a single greenback as tensions between Tehran and Washington likely will push it even lower.
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Antiquities
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Museums
4/2/2025 7:23:17 PM
Museums and archaeological sites across Egypt saw a significant surge in visitors during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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World
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Region
4/1/2025 2:42:20 PM
Eid al-Fitr in Syria was charged with newfound joy this year, as thousands freely celebrated the holiday for the first time after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/30/2025 1:30:29 PM
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate on Sunday as they began marking a normally festive Muslim holiday with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israeli war. Israeli strikes overnight into Sunday killed at least 19 people, mostly women and children, health officials said.
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Egypt
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Society
3/30/2025 12:08:16 AM
Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta, the country's authority on Islamic rulings, has sought to clarify confusion over its announcement that Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Monday, 31 March following differing calculations from the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), which had stated the holiday would fall on Sunday.
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World
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Region
3/29/2025 5:30:12 PM
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will celebrate Eid Al-Fitr on Sunday, 30 March, after sighting the crescent moon, while Oman has announced that the holiday will begin a day later.
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World
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Region
3/29/2025 1:14:14 PM
The US embassy in Syria has warned its citizens of an "increased possibility" of attacks during the holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the coming days.
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Egypt
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Society
3/27/2025 5:19:00 PM
Temperatures are expected to dip slightly in the northern parts of the country starting Friday, but warm weather will prevail in the deep south throughout the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, which begins on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
3/25/2025 6:54:52 PM
Minister of Labour Mohamed Gobran announced that private-sector employees will take a four-day paid holiday for Eid Al-Fitr, matching the break granted to public-sector employees.
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Egypt
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Society
3/24/2025 6:48:00 PM
Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdel-Latif announced a week-long holiday for schools across the nation celebrating Eid Al-Fitr from Saturday, 29 March to Friday, 4 April, per a statement on Monday.
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Egypt
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Society
3/24/2025 10:06:00 AM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued a decree granting a paid public holiday from Saturday, 29 March, to Tuesday, 1 April 2025, for employees of ministries, government agencies, public authorities, local administration units, public sector companies, and state-owned enterprises in celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
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World
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War in Sudan
3/1/2025 1:12:49 PM
In the safety of Sudan's eastern coast, residents preparing for Ramadan were struggling to afford basic holiday staples as the war raging elsewhere in the country has sent prices soaring.
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Egypt
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Society
1/14/2025 5:13:21 PM
Saturday, 25 January, will be a paid day off in observance of the anniversary of the 2011 Revolution and Egypt's Police Day, according to a cabinet decree issued on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Society
1/4/2025 11:16:00 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued a decree on Saturday designating Tuesday, 7 January 2025, as an official paid holiday for the public and private sectors.
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Business
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Economy
12/29/2024 12:16:32 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Sunday that Wednesday, 1 January 2025, will be a holiday for all banks in Egypt on the occasion of the end of the financial year for most banks on 31 December 2024.
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Sports
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Omni sports
12/24/2024 10:33:14 PM
Victor Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards will play Christmas Day games for the first time on Wednesday as the NBA delivers its 77th year of contests on the holiday.
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World
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International
12/21/2024 12:05:07 PM
Germans on Saturday mourned a violent attack and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least two people, including a small child, and injuring at least 60 others.
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