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
Culture : Commemorates the Syrian and Lebanese nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on May 6, 1916 by Jamal Pasha, the Ottoman wāli. They were executed in both the Marjeh Square in Damascus and Burj Square in Beirut. Both squares have since then been renamed to Martyrs' Square. (Wikipedia) [Wikipedia]
Resistance and Liberation Day
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Sunday may 7, 2023
Secular holiday : Paid holiday
South Lebanon Liberation Day
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Sunday may 14, 2023
Secular holiday : From 2005 onwards Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Liberation Day
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Thursday may 25, 2023
Banks only : On May 25, 2000, the Israeli army withdrew from occupied territory in Southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation
Fathers' Day
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Wednesday june 21, 2023
cards/flowers :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 23, 2023
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday june 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Civil Servants holiday
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Thursday june 29, 2023
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday june 30, 2023
Secular holiday :
El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday july 19, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Ashura
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Friday july 28, 2023
Muslim, Sufi :
Day of Mourning
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Friday august 4, 2023
Special Events : In tribute of the Beirut blast victims. From 2021
Assumption
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Tuesday august 15, 2023
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Summer holiday (end)
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Friday august 18, 2023
School holidays :
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Wednesday september 27, 2023
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet.
Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
Fall holiday (beginning)
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Friday october 13, 2023
School holidays :
Fall holiday (end)
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Monday october 23, 2023
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 29, 2023
Special Events :
Beirut Marathon
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Sunday november 12, 2023
Sports events : Www.beirutmarathon.org/ 2023 edition confirmed
Independence Day
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Wednesday november 22, 2023
Secular holiday : Obtained from the French in 1943