ABU DHABI: The UAE is a Gulf country where millions of expatriates including Malayalees work. The cabinet has now announced this year's official holidays in advance, which will be beneficial for expatriates as well. With this, those who are going home can make arrangements in advance.

13 holidays have been officially announced in the UAE this year. Let's understand which days have been given as holidays and how to use them effectively and extend them to 45 days.

April (9 days): Eid ul Fitr falls between March 31 and April 2 this year. The UAE had announced that the first three days of Shawwal (month after Ramadan) will be a holiday. If you can take two days off after Eid ul Fitr, you will get a total of nine holidays, including the weekends.

June (10 days): It is estimated that the Day of Arafah will fall on June 6 in the UAE. This day has been declared an official holiday. After this, Eid al-Adha will fall from Saturday, June 7 to Monday, June 9. In the meantime, if leaves are granted, you can take up to ten days of leave together. In addition, Muharram is celebrated on Friday, June 27 in June itself. If you add two weekend holidays, you will have three consecutive days of leave.

September (9 days): It is calculated that Prophet's Day will be on Friday, September 5. If you can arrange four more days of leave, you can take up to nine days of leave.

December (9 days): December 2 and 3 are observed as UAE national days. If you have accurate calculations, you can take up to nine days of leave by adding weekend holidays. However, the holiday dates may not be exact. There is a possibility of changing back and forth.