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Contact edit! 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 :
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.
Summer holiday (end)
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Sunday september 3, 2023
School holidays :
Damascus International Fair
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Friday september 8, 2023
Tradeshows : Https://www.damascusfair.org/ 2023 edition confirmed
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.
World Teachers Day
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Thursday october 5, 2023
School holidays :
October Liberation War
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Friday october 6, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the Egyptian and Syrian Armed Forces fight against Israel in the Yom Kippur War, which began on 6 October, 1973. Wikipedia
Daylight Saving Time
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Thursday october 26, 2023
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