Cabinet: Thursday paid holiday on Police Day, 25 January revolution

CAIRO - 22 January 2022: The Egyptian Cabinet announced that Thursday, January 27, will be a paid day off for all the public sector on the occasion of January 25 Revolution anniversary and the Police Day.

January 27 will be off instead of January 25, which falls on Tuesday.

The 25th of January marks a historic clash between Egyptian police forces and the British Occupation forces in 1952, which was called then “Ismailia Battle.”

It took place when the Egyptian police officers refused to hand over their weapons, and evacuate the Ismailia governorate’s building.

The incident left 50 martyrs and 80 injured among Egyptian police officers.

The massacre was the spark of the revolution that ended the monarchy in Egypt on July 23 of the same year.

The January revolution 2011 marked the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak, which then resulted in holding democratic elections the next year.