Sources: الهيئة العامة للأستعلامات (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta (House of Fatwa) has announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the month of Shawwal and hence the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays in Egypt. [full story]