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  "meta": {
    "dataset": "HolidayGrid national public holidays",
    "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
    "generatedAt": "2026-07-27",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "HolidayGrid (https://holidaygrid.net), CC BY 4.0",
    "sourceDataset": "https://github.com/commenthol/date-holidays",
    "sourceLicense": "ISC and CC BY 3.0",
    "documentation": "https://holidaygrid.net/data",
    "countingRule": "A holiday moved off a weekend is counted once, on the day it is observed. Totals therefore match official government counts and are lower than on sites that list both the original date and its replacement."
  },
  "country": {
    "countryCode": "AE",
    "slug": "united-arab-emirates",
    "name": "United Arab Emirates",
    "demonym": "Emirati",
    "region": "Middle East & Africa",
    "dateFormat": "D MMMM YYYY",
    "url": "https://holidaygrid.net/holidays/united-arab-emirates",
    "correctionCount": 6,
    "verifiedOn": "2026-07-27",
    "years": [
      2025,
      2026,
      2027
    ]
  },
  "year": 2025,
  "status": {
    "status": "statutory",
    "authority": null,
    "source": null,
    "citation": null,
    "verifiedOn": null,
    "publishedOn": null
  },
  "counts": {
    "holidays": 8,
    "onWeekdays": 7,
    "onWeekends": 1,
    "movedToAnotherDay": 0,
    "longWeekends": 2,
    "bridgeDays": 3,
    "workingDays": 252
  },
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    {
      "date": "2025-01-01",
      "days": 1,
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "localName": "رأس السنة الميلادية",
      "weekday": "Wednesday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "fixed",
      "moves": false,
      "scope": "national"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-03-29",
      "endDate": "2025-04-01",
      "days": 4,
      "name": "Eid al-Fitr",
      "weekday": "Saturday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "islamic",
      "moves": true,
      "scope": "national",
      "corrected": {
        "kind": "add",
        "source": "https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/public-holidays-and-religious-affairs/public-holidays",
        "citation": "Cabinet Resolution No. 27 of 2024, Eid Al Fitr, 29 Ramadan to 3 Shawwal"
      },
      "note": "If Ramadan runs a thirtieth day the break shifts by one day, because the start is counted from the end of Ramadan and confirmed by moon sighting."
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-06-05",
      "days": 1,
      "name": "Arafah Day",
      "weekday": "Thursday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "islamic",
      "moves": true,
      "scope": "national",
      "corrected": {
        "kind": "add",
        "source": "https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/public-holidays-and-religious-affairs/public-holidays",
        "citation": "Cabinet Resolution No. 27 of 2024, Arafah Day and Eid Al Adha, 9 to 12 Dhu al-Hijjah"
      },
      "note": "Confirmed by moon sighting, so it can move by one day."
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-06-06",
      "endDate": "2025-06-08",
      "days": 3,
      "name": "Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)",
      "localName": "عيد الأضحى",
      "weekday": "Friday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "islamic",
      "moves": true,
      "scope": "national"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-06-26",
      "days": 1,
      "name": "Islamic New Year",
      "localName": "رأس السنة الهجرية",
      "weekday": "Thursday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "islamic",
      "moves": true,
      "scope": "national"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-09-04",
      "days": 1,
      "name": "Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)",
      "localName": "المولد النبويّ",
      "weekday": "Thursday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "islamic",
      "moves": true,
      "scope": "national"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-12-02",
      "days": 1,
      "name": "National Day",
      "localName": "اليوم الوطني",
      "weekday": "Tuesday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "fixed",
      "moves": false,
      "scope": "national"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-12-03",
      "days": 1,
      "name": "National Day (second day)",
      "weekday": "Wednesday",
      "type": "Public holiday",
      "movingRule": "fixed",
      "moves": false,
      "scope": "national",
      "corrected": {
        "kind": "add",
        "source": "https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/public-holidays-and-religious-affairs/public-holidays",
        "citation": "Cabinet Resolution No. 27 of 2024, Eid Al Etihad, 2 and 3 December"
      },
      "note": "The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has in some years announced the two day block on 1 and 2 December instead, so confirm the pair each year."
    }
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      "end": "2025-04-01",
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        "Eid al-Fitr"
      ]
    },
    {
      "start": "2025-06-05",
      "end": "2025-06-08",
      "length": 4,
      "holidays": [
        "Arafah Day",
        "Feast of the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha)"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "date": "2025-06-27",
      "weekday": "Friday",
      "resulting": 4,
      "start": "2025-06-26",
      "end": "2025-06-29",
      "holiday": "Islamic New Year"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-09-05",
      "weekday": "Friday",
      "resulting": 4,
      "start": "2025-09-04",
      "end": "2025-09-07",
      "holiday": "Birthday of Muhammad (Mawlid)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-12-01",
      "weekday": "Monday",
      "resulting": 5,
      "start": "2025-11-29",
      "end": "2025-12-03",
      "holiday": "National Day"
    }
  ],
  "awaitingAnnouncement": [],
  "url": "https://holidaygrid.net/holidays/united-arab-emirates/2025"
}