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Bank and Public Holidays for UAE

UAE bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2013, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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20 May 2013 UAE 2013 Israa wal Mairaj Public Holiday June 6 (Emirates News Agency-WAM) Earlier today, the UAE's Minister of Labour, Saqr Ghobash, issued a circular stating that the nationwide non-working public holiday for the upcoming Israa wal Mairaj would be on Thursday, June 6, 2013. • 19 Mar 2013 UAE Ramadan Dates Announced (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's state news agency WAM, reports on an official announcement by the Sharjah Planetarium at the Department of Culture and Information concerning the dates of the upcoming first day of the Muslim months of Ramadan and of Shawwal (corresponding to the Eid al-Fitr annual public holiday). • 13 Feb 2013 UAE Mulling Public Holidays Reform (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's Minister of Presidential Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, has announced that the private sector weekend days-off and non-working public holidays may soon be brought in line with those of government employees. • 16 Jan 2013 UAE 2013 Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday (Emirates News Agency-WAM) Earlier today, the UAE's Minister of Education, Chairman of Board of Directors of the Federal Authority for Human Resources, Humaid Mohamed Al Qattami, issued a circular stating that the public sector holiday for the upcoming Milad Al Nabi (Prophet's Birthday) would be on Tuesday, January 24, 2013. • 29 Dec 2012 UAE 2013 Public Holidays Announced (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's Abu Dhabi government has announced its list of expected 2013 non-working public holidays. • 18 Dec 2012 UAE New Year 2013 Public Holiday (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's Labour Minister, Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobashi, has announced that Tuesday, January 1st, 2013, would be a nationwide non-working public holiday for the private sector of the United Arab Emirates. • 27 Nov 2012 UAE 2012 National Day Public Holidays (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's Minister of Labour, Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, has in turn announced that Sunday, December 2, 2012, would be the date of the non-working private sector public holiday marking of the upcoming UAE National Day. • 22 Nov 2012 UAE 2012 National Day Public Sector Holidays (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's Minister of Education, Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qattami, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, has announced that Sunday and Monday, December 2 and 3, 2012, would be the dates of the non-working public sector holidays on account of the upcoming UAE National Day. • 10 Nov 2012 UAE Financial Holiday November 15 (Emirates News Agency-WAM) The UAE's Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has announced that the UAE financial markets will be off on the date of the upcoming non-working public holiday on account of Hijri New Year 1434. • 05 Nov 2012 UAE Hijri 1434 Public Holiday (Emirates News Agency-WAM) Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, the UAE's Minister of Labour, has announced that Thursday, November 15, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Hijri New Year 1434. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the UAE public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Workweek: The UAE introduced a five-day government working week in 1998, but left the private sector to make its own decisions. • Weekends: Since September 2006, weekends are Fridays and Saturdays, for civil servants. The change is optional for private sector companies. • UAE International Codes AE and ARE (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ae (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of UAE information and news: Central Bank of United Arab Emirates (UAE central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (UAE maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in UAE), and Wikipedia (includes UAE commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in UAE, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in UAE that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for UAE were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for UAE, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of UAE, before planning any trip to UAE. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.