KSA one of two GCC countries giving longest Eid holidays

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are the only two countries in the GCC to announce a 12-day holiday for Eid Al-Fitr, the longest among the Gulf countries, according to a report.
“All government employees are entitled to Eid holidays starting Ramadan 24 and ending on Shawwal 6,” the Saudi government was quoted as saying, referring to the ninth and 10th months of the 12-month Islamic lunar calendar it officially uses.
The private sector, however, will have an average of six days holidays, between Ramadan 28 and Shawwal 4.
Besides the Kingdom, only Qatar announced a 12-day holiday. The Emiri Court said that public sector employees would not report to work between Aug. 6 and Aug. 17. However, financial institutions’ employees would have only three days off, the court said. Private sector employees will enjoy up to four days off on the occasion. Qataris are often pampered with long holidays that families regularly use to travel, particularly in summer.
In Bahrain, public sector employees have been given a five-day holiday to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
The traditional holiday for the religious occasion is three days, but as two of the days, Friday and Saturday, are the country’s weekend, two days are given in lieu, allowing more than 40,000 people working for the government to have a break that lasts five days.
The private sector is usually given two or three days off, depending on the business owners.
In Kuwait, the government said that Eid holidays would be four or five days, depending on the start of the new month.
In Oman and the UAE, the public sector has been given four days off while private sector employees will have two days away from the workplace.