Sunday, April 28, 2013

Official holiday declared for Thursday, May 2, 2013

Finally, the million dollar question finally got an answer and thanks to HM Sultan Qaboos for this 3-day weekend we're about to enjoy by both public and private sectors. This holiday was declared in order to make the transition from a Thurs/Fri weekend into Fri/Sat. So now Oman will be enjoying the weekends similar to what all GCC countries are enjoying, except for Saudi Arabia which is also planning to make the same move.

I asked a Muslim colleague if their juma/sabbath day will also change to Saturday due to the transition, but I was surprised as I didn't know that Friday will always remain to be their holy day whatever change there may be. Obviously still so many things I don't know about Muslims. Anyway, found out that our church isn't changing sabbath day as well, so will remain on Friday.

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