{"id":33899,"date":"2025-05-21T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=33899"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:34:27","slug":"qatar-announces-five-day-holiday-for-eid-al-adha-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/qatar-announces-five-day-holiday-for-eid-al-adha-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Announces Five-Day Holiday for Eid Al Adha 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Qatar has officially declared a five-day public holiday for Eid Al Adha 2025<\/strong>, giving residents a chance to celebrate one of Islam\u2019s most important festivals with an extended break.<\/p>\n<p>As per the announcement, <strong>public sector holidays will begin<\/strong> on the ninth day of Dhul Hijjah, which is Arafah Day, expected to fall <strong>on Thursday, June 5 this year<\/strong>. The break will continue through the thirteenth day of Dhul Hijjah (June 9, 2025), giving most people a five-day weekend to spend time with family and engage in the religious and cultural traditions of the holiday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26457\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2502740467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2502740467.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2502740467-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2502740467-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2502740467-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>in the UAE<\/strong>, Arafah Day will also be a public holiday, followed by a three-day Eid Al Adha break from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8, though <strong>the final dates will depend on the official moon sighting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With both countries preparing for extended public breaks, the region is expected to see a boost in travel, tourism, and family gatherings. As always, travellers should confirm the exact holiday schedules closer to the date, as they remain subject to the lunar calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar has officially declared a five-day public holiday for Eid Al Adha 2025, giving residents a chance to celebrate one of Islam\u2019s most important festivals with an extended break. As per the announcement, public sector holidays will begin on the ninth day of Dhul Hijjah, which is Arafah Day, expected to fall on Thursday, June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":9805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15523,"slug":"qatar","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/qatar\/","api_id":201,"title":{"rendered":"Qatar"}}],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}