6 October is a big national holiday in Egypt. It celebrates the victory of Egypt over Israel in reclaiming the Sinai.
There really isn’t anything equivalent in the US.
It isn’t as big as say, July 4th, but it is certainly bigger than V-E day or Veterans day or anything like that.
So, this year October 6th is on a Friday, which is a day off anyway.
It is also Ramadan.
So on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1st(!), the Egyptian government decided
“Oh what the hell. It is Ramadan, nothing is getting done anyway, lets give everybody October 5th off as well for a long weekend”
Can you imagine that happening in the US?
I mean the US plays games with holidays to make long weekends all the time, but it is not done 4 days before the holiday!
So classes are cancelled, government offices, banks, etc will be closed.
The reality is that it won’t have a large impact because we are in the middle of Ramadan anyway, and most places already have irregular and abbreviated hours as it is..
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I thought the Sinai was returned as part of the peace treaty with Israel? Or maybe I missed that war? I’m so confused.