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23 oct......

so do we get sun and sat off

mema wrote:23 oct......

so do we get sun and sat off

Eid has yet to be announced and can still be Sun22 / Mon23 or Mon23 / Tues24 depending on the sighting of the moon.

its there in emaratalyoum news paper

According to Emirates Astronomical society its impossible to sight the moon on that day..

I had always thought we were going to get those days off.

Whilst it does depend on the sighting of the moon, it would take some astrophysical phenomenon to change where the moon is going to be.

i'v heard rumors we r gonna get thoes two days off..i hope

^ian^ wrote:I had always thought we were going to get those days off.

Whilst it does depend on the sighting of the moon, it would take some astrophysical phenomenon to change where the moon is going to be.

Or a piece of dirt in someones eye

Or depending on how much Booze these guys have consumed in their trek into the desert to sight the moon.

I am hoping its Sun/Mon

it will be on Sunday, I can feel it

zam wrote:it will be on Sunday, I can feel it

Reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

sage & onion wrote:

zam wrote:it will be on Sunday, I can feel it

Reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

What happens if its cloudy? Does the holiday get postponed until the haze disappears

Geez, I guess our Muslim friends here in Malaysia are in for a long Ramadan then (See Malaysia thread and topic of Indonesian jungle fires causing severe haze in this region.)

kanelli wrote:Geez, I guess our Muslim friends here in Malaysia are in for a long Ramadan then (See Malaysia thread and topic of Indonesian jungle fires causing severe haze in this region.)

Happens every year. They send someone up in a hot-air balloon to see.

mraph33 wrote:What happens if its cloudy? Does the holiday get postponed until the haze disappears

The month of Ramadan can only be 29 or 30 days, so if it is not declared at the end of the 29th day then the end of the 30th day is automatically Eid.

Confirmed here, we're getting Sunday to Tuesday off.

Going to enjoy the break

sunday and monday...gonna have to work on sat though...shame

^ian^ wrote:Confirmed here, we're getting Sunday to Tuesday off.

Going to enjoy the break

Is that only for your company or for all private firms?

I just ask my boss who's in Jordan a while ago when will be our Eid break and he said , we will wait for announcement for private companies in the newspaper...

isabela wrote:

^ian^ wrote:Confirmed here, we're getting Sunday to Tuesday off.

Going to enjoy the break

Is that only for your company or for all private firms?

I just ask my boss who's in Jordan a while ago when will be our Eid break and he said , we will wait for announcement for private companies in the newspaper...

I can only pass on what has been announced for us.

^ian^ wrote:

isabela wrote:

^ian^ wrote:Confirmed here, we're getting Sunday to Tuesday off.

Going to enjoy the break

Is that only for your company or for all private firms?

I just ask my boss who's in Jordan a while ago when will be our Eid break and he said , we will wait for announcement for private companies in the newspaper...

I can only pass on what has been announced for us.

It is the same every year, I have even gone to work in Saudi Arabia when it was a holiday