{"id":1531,"date":"2025-06-18T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:59:16","slug":"islamic-new-year-uae-announces-public-holiday-for-all-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/islamic-new-year-uae-announces-public-holiday-for-all-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic New Year: UAE Announces Public Holiday for All Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Folded in a very considerate manner to give importance to the Islamic <strong>(Hijri) New Year, the UAE<\/strong> has declared <strong>Friday, June 27, 2025,<\/strong> as a <strong>paid public holiday for both public and private sector employees.<\/strong> This would bring a most welcome extension to the mid-year calendar and offer residents a very peaceful moment for observance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Date and Scope of Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date Confirmed:<\/strong> Friday, June 27, 2025-wide-on-that date starts the year <strong>1447<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Who Benefits:<\/strong> <strong>Public-sector employees<\/strong> (as per FAHR) and private-sector workers (as per MoHRE).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weekend Effect:<\/strong> &#8220;Saturday-Sunday, much of the residents enjoy stretching from Friday into the <strong>three-day full weekend<\/strong>, Work resumes on Monday, June 30.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Importance of the Islamic New Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hijri New Year is known as <strong>Ra&#8217;s al-Sanah al-Hijriyah<\/strong> &#8211; marking the start of <strong>Muharram<\/strong>, the first month in the Islamic calendar. It consists of commemorating the historic<strong> Hijrah<\/strong> (migration) of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, which is a foundational matter in Islamic history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance of the Holiday in the UAE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cultural Reflection:<\/strong> Although not as <strong>celebrated as Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha<\/strong>, the Islamic New Year provides a time for reflection in the soul and prayers in community and quietness in family life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tourism &amp; Economy:<\/strong> The long weekend bonus is expected to increase leisure and possibly local tourism, providing a quiet mid-year break for savvy residents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Life:<\/strong> Government services are closed on Friday and will resume operations on Monday, June 30. Special promotions might occur during this period for retail and F&amp;B businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Planning for Employees &amp; Businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Employees:<\/strong> Enjoy this extra long weekend with family, spiritual observance, or perhaps a short local getaway from home.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Employers:<\/strong> Changes to the staffing plan, altered service hours, and advance employee and customer notice about hours and closures will be necessary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local Businesses:<\/strong> Perhaps offer tea-time deals or reflective events-mosques and cultural spaces commonly organize low-key activities focused around community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By recognizing the <strong>Islamic New Year on June 27<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/u.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAE<\/a> shows respect for the cultural traditions within this multicultural framework. Equally, the long weekend will resonate meaningfully within residents nationwide. This holiday fosters harmony among people and reflections on the person as <strong>1447 AH<\/strong> is ushered in. It exemplifies UAE&#8217;s dedication to blending culture with modern living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folded in a very considerate manner to give importance to the Islamic (Hijri) New Year, the UAE has declared Friday, June 27, 2025, as a paid public holiday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531\/revisions\/1536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neardubai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}