Muharram Holiday 2019 Uae

Earlier this year the uae cabinet announced that private sector employees will benefit from the same public holidays as the government sector.

Muharram holiday 2019 uae. Public holidays for the uae united arab emirates in the year 2020. In the previous list issued by the fahr the martyr day was set to be observed on dec 1 while in the latest revised one it will be on saturday nov 30 for both private and public sectors. Note that all public departments federal ministries and public institutions will be closed on the following uae public holidays 2019. The uae on monday announced a holiday for muharram 1 hijri 1441 the beginning of the islamic.

This decision aims to achieve a balance between the two sectors in the number of official holidays they are entitled to. So uae holidays calendar includes a long holidays weekend in dubai on this islamic new year 2019 occasion. In dubai the islamic year 2019 will falls on sunday september 1. United arab emirates holidays 2020.

This is the uae private sector holiday as well as the dubai public sector holiday. Is al hijra islamic new year a public holiday. The islamic new year is on the first day of muharram the first month in the lunar islamic calendar which differs from the gregorian calendar. Without further ado here is the list of uae holidays for 2019 that applies to public sectors and private sectors.

Filed on august 20 2019 last updated on august 20 2019 at 06 38 am another long weekend expected. In a tweet fahr declared. On the occasion of the hijri new year 2019 it will be a public holiday in uae. Public and private sector employees in the uae will get a holiday for the hijri new year islamic new year the 1st of muharram 1441 the federal authority for human resources fahr and.

The federal authority for government human resources fahr on sunday announced a revised unified list of the national holidays for both the public and private sectors in the uae for 2019. Al hijra islamic new year is a public holiday. Muharram 1 1441 falls on saturday august 31 or sunday september 1 leading many to anticipate a holiday on sunday which will likely give a long weekend to uae residents. The uae federal authority for government human resources on friday announced that saturday august 31 will be muharram 1 1441 the first day of the hijri new year.

Ramadan 2020 will begin on thursday 23 april 2020. On 5 march 2019 the uae cabinet announced official holidays for the public and private sectors for the years 2019 and 2020. The cabinet granted equal leaves to both sectors.