EGYPT  PUBLIC  HOLIDAYS 2012

Egypt public holidays are group into a few classifications. There are some public holidays celebrated by the entire population and some pubic holidays observed by certain groups only. Since Islam is the state religion, the Islamic holidays are observed by all Egyptians. While Eastern Christmas is a national holiday, other Christian holidays are not. However the Christians are permitted to observe these holidays.

Most Islamic holidays are based on Islamic calendar and moon-sighting, thus it changes from year to year in western calendar. Please note this Egypt public holidays 2012 is based on estimate only. We do not and can not guarantee the accuracy of this Egypt 2012 holidays calendar.

Below is the list of Egypt 2012 public holidays.

Coptic Christmas
Celebrates the nativity of Jesus Christ, according to the Oriental Coptic Orthodox Church (Old calendarist)
Saturday, 7 January 2012

Egypt National Police Day
Celebrates Egypt Police
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday
The Birthday of Prophet Mohamed
Sunday, 5 February 2012

Sinai Liberation Day
Celebrates the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Sinai peninsula
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Sham El Nessim (Spring festival)
The Monday following the Orthodox Easter on Sunday, 15 April 2012
Monday, 16 April 2012

Labor Day
International Workers’ Day
Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Revolution Day
Celebrates the 1952 Revolution
Monday, 23 July 2012

Bairam Feast / Eid al-Fitr
Ramadan Feast. Islamic religious holiday for 3 days
Sunday, 19 August 2012

Armed Forces Day
Celebrates The Crossing of the Suez Canal by Egyptian forces during the October War
Saturday, 6 October 2012

Qurban / Eid al-Adha
Sacrifice Feast. Islamic religious holiday for 4 days
Friday, 26 October 2012

Islamic New Year
The new year based on the lunar islamic calendar
Thursday, 15 November 2012

These 2012 holidays are widely celebrated in Egypt, yet Egypt government offices, public institutions and ministries remain open.

New Year’s Day
The New Year according to the Gregorian calendar
Sunday, 1 January 2012

Sportsmen’s day
Celebrates all Egypt’s sportsmen
Saturday, 3 March 2012

Mother’s Day
Celebrates all mothers
Tuesday, 21 March 2012

Evacuation Day (Eid el-Galaa)
Celebrates the evacuation of foreign troops in 1954
Monday, 18 June 2012

Flooding of the Nile (Wafaa Elnil)
Celebrates the beginning of the Nile floods
Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Egyptian Naval Day
Celebrates the destruction of Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967
Sunday, 21 October 2012

Suez Day / Popular Resistance Day
Celebrates the resistance of local citizens in Suez during the October War.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Victory Day
Celebrates the ending of the Suez Crisis
Sunday, 23 December 2012