Islamic New Year 2020 Uae
The people of dubai celebrate the islamic new year with fireworks.
Islamic new year 2020 uae. The islamic new year 2020 will be celebrated between the evening of august 23 and august 24 2020. A few intimate prayer meets are organised by various religious bodies across uae mosques. 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. They spend the first day of the month hijri with great joy.
The day is celebrated with religious belief and sentiment. In the united arab emirates uae a public and bank holiday have been officially announced for the citizens while various cities gear up for the special day. 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. The islamic new year is on the first day of muharram the first.
Uae residents can look forward to another long weekend as the hijri new year is expected to fall on thursday august 20 2020. The holiday marks the beginning of the new islamic year 1442. The uae on thursday announced a holiday on sunday august 23 to mark the beginning of the islamic new year. Filed on august 13 2020 the islamic new year is likely to begin on sunday august 23.