{"id":47749,"date":"2025-12-03T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=47749"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:14:44","slug":"kuwait-public-holidays-in-2026-6-days-off-in-january-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/kuwait-public-holidays-in-2026-6-days-off-in-january-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait Public Holidays in 2026: 6 Days Off in January Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kuwaitis<\/strong> will have a great start to 2026 with <strong>six official public holidays in January<\/strong>. Whether you\u2019re planning to travel or take a break, these holidays offer plenty of time to enjoy a well-paced start to the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>New Year break lasts for three days<\/strong>, offering a smooth transition into the new year. Similarly, the <strong>Isra and Mi\u2019raj observance will also offer three days off<\/strong>. This religious occasion commemorates the night Prophet Muhammad traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended to the heavens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shutterstock_2427187141.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shutterstock_2427187141.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shutterstock_2427187141-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shutterstock_2427187141-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/shutterstock_2427187141-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a breakdown of the January holidays in Kuwait:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Year holidays<\/strong> <strong>from January 1 to 3<\/strong>. Work resumes on January 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Isra and Mi\u2019raj holidays from January 16 to 18<\/strong>. Work resumes on January 19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With six days off in January, Kuwaitis can enjoy a well-balanced start to the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re living in Kuwait, here are some other important changes and news! Recently <strong>the State introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/kuwait-introduces-residence-permits-of-up-to-15-years-how-can-apply\/\">long-term residence permits for up to 15 years<\/a><\/strong>, and you can check if you&#8217;re eligible. Additionally, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/kuwait-approves-change-of-591-street-names-to-numbers-full-details\/\">recent decision to rename 591 streets to numbers<\/a><\/strong> can also affect your daily life so make sure to stay informed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuwaitis will have a great start to 2026 with six official public holidays in January. Whether you\u2019re planning to travel or take a break, these holidays offer plenty of time to enjoy a well-paced start to the year. The New Year break lasts for three days, offering a smooth transition into the new year. Similarly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":47828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0623\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631"}}],"countries":[],"cities":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47749","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=47749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}