2010 Holidays

DATE	DAY(S)	HOLIDAY	REMARKS
January 1	Friday	New Year, 2010	U.S. / Moroccan
January 11	Monday	PRESENTATION OF MOROCCAN INDEPENDENCE PROCLAMATION	Moroccan
January 18	Monday	MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY	U.S.
February 15	Monday	PRESIDENT'S DAY	U.S.
February 26/27	Friday/Saturday	AID MAWLID AN NABBAOUI (to celebrate the birthday of prophet Mohammed)	Moroccan *
May 31	Monday	MEMORIAL DAY	U.S.
July 5	Monday	AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY	U.S.
July 30	Friday	FEAST OF THE THRONE (to celebrate King’s Mohammed VI ascension to the throne)	Moroccan
August 20	Friday	THE REVOLUTION OF THE KING AND THE PEOPLE	Moroccan
September 6	Monday	AMERICAN LABOR DAY	U.S.
September 10&11	Friday/Saturday	AID AL FITR (Celebration of end of Ramadan)	Moroccan *
October 11	Monday	COLUMBUS DAY	U.S.
November 11	Thursday	VETERAN’S DAY	U.S.
November 17&18	Wednesday/Thursday	AID AL ADHA (Muslims’ feast of sacrifice)	Moroccan *
November 18	Thursday	FEAST OF INDEPENDENCE (to celebrate Morocco’s independence in 1956)	Moroccan
November 25	Thursday	THANKSGIVING DAY	U.S.
December 6	Monday	FIRST MOHARRAM (Muslims’ New Year)	Moroccan *
December 24	Friday	CHRISTMAS DAY	U.S.
December 31	Friday	New Year, 2011	U.S.

            (*) A lunar-based Moroccan holiday; the actual date may vary.