Public employees will have their Eid
Al-Fitr and Sinai liberation paid holidays from Thursday 20 April to Tuesday 25
April, Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced yesterday Monday.
The holiday will apply to employees in ministries, government institutions, public authorities, local administration units, and public sector companies, public business sector companies.
Eid Al-Fitr, translated as the feast of breaking fast, marks the end of the Muslims’ holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Meanwhile, Sinai Liberation Day is a national holiday celebrated annually in Egypt on 25 April to mark the final withdrawal of all Israeli forces from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982.
Source: Egypt Today
