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Contact edit! Revolution's Day
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Wednesday March 8, 2023
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the National Council of Revolution's assumption of power in 1963
Mothers Day
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Tuesday March 21, 2023
Secular holiday :
Noruz
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Wednesday March 22, 2023
cards/flowers : From 2012 onwards
Daylight Saving Time
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Thursday March 30, 2023
Special Events :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday April 7, 2023
School holidays :
Easter
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Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday April 16, 2023
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Evacuation Day
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Monday April 17, 2023
Secular holiday : Celebrates the anniversary of the final evacuation of all French troops in 1946
Ramadan holiday (beginning)
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Thursday April 20, 2023
School holidays :
Teachers' Day
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Thursday April 20, 2023
Culture :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday April 21, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday April 22, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday April 23, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Eid al-Fitr literally means the Festival of Breaking the Fast
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Ramadan holiday (end)
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Monday April 24, 2023
School holidays :
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Martyrs' Day
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Saturday May 6, 2023
Secular holiday : On May 6, 1916, the Ottomans hanged Syrian national fighters who were seeking independence of the Arab states from the Ottoman Empire.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday May 25, 2023
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Wednesday June 21, 2023
cards/flowers :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Thursday June 29, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Friday June 30, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Saturday July 1, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Damascus International Fair
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Wednesday July 12, 2023
Tradeshows : Https://www.damascusfair.org/ 2023 edition NOT confirmed
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday July 19, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad.