{"id":53951,"date":"2026-05-18T10:17:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=53951"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:17:40","slug":"eid-al-adha-holidays-in-uae-official-dates-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/eid-al-adha-holidays-in-uae-official-dates-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Eid Al Adha Holidays 2026 in UAE: Dates Confirmed for Public and Private Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019ve already started thinking about travel plans or a long break with family, the <strong>UAE has confirmed the Eid Al Adha holiday dates<\/strong>. The announcement covers both government employees and private sector workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources announced that <strong>public sector employees will be off from Monday, May 25, until Friday, May 29<\/strong>, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work will resume on Monday, June 1<\/strong>. Because the holiday connects with two weekends, government employees end up with a 9-day break in total.<\/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\/02\/shutterstock_2238379439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2238379439.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2238379439-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2238379439-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2238379439-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Private sector workers will be off between Tuesday, May 26 and Friday, May 29.<\/strong> Work for them will also resume on Monday, June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the dates for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/eid-al-adha-school-holidays-in-the-uae\/\">Eid Al Adha 2026 school holidays in the UAE<\/a><\/strong> has also been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to spend this Eid in the country, check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/things-to-do-on-eid-al-adha-in-uae\/\">things to do during Eid Al Adha break in UAE 2026<\/a><\/strong> for ideas on top activities and events happening <strong>in <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/things-to-do-during-eid-al-adha-in-dubai\/\">Dubai<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/things-to-do-during-eid-al-adha-break-in-abu-dhabi-top-activities-and-events\/\">Abu Dhabi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve already started thinking about travel plans or a long break with family, the UAE has confirmed the Eid Al Adha holiday dates. The announcement covers both government employees and private sector workers. The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources announced that public sector employees will be off from Monday, May 25, until Friday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":26079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53951","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":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}},{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}},{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}},{"id":15504,"slug":"ajman","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/ajman\/","api_id":4,"title":{"rendered":"Ajman"}},{"id":15505,"slug":"rak","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/rak\/","api_id":6,"title":{"rendered":"RAK"}},{"id":15502,"slug":"fujairah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/fujairah\/","api_id":279,"title":{"rendered":"Fujairah"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53951","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=53951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}