{"id":4298,"date":"2020-08-13T10:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T06:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=32641"},"modified":"2020-08-13T10:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T06:26:24","slug":"breaking-long-weekend-announced-for-islamic-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/breaking-long-weekend-announced-for-islamic-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Long Weekend Announced For Islamic New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long weekend has been announced for the Federal Government on the occasion of the Islamic New Year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been decided that the Hijri New Year holiday for the year 1442 in the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates will be on Sunday, 23rd of August 2020, and regular working hours will resume on Monday, 24th of August 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far, the holiday has been approved for the public sector, an announcement for the private sector has yet to be made.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"articles-text-block\">\n<h2>DHA is reminding all Dubai citizens and returning residents to treat wearing a face mask at all times as the NEW normal!<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve run out of disposable masks or are looking for quality reusable masks (to avoid being fined AED 3000) then check these out:<\/p>\n<p>1. 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