1.0Grazia Middle Easthttps://graziamagazine.com/meLeen Al Saadihttps://graziamagazine.com/me/author/leenalsaadi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2aoAN4bkOu"><a href="https://graziamagazine.com/me/articles/culture-uae-weekend-changes-saturday-sunday/">Breaking: The UAE Is Officially Changing Its Weekends To Saturday & Sunday</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://graziamagazine.com/me/articles/culture-uae-weekend-changes-saturday-sunday/embed/#?secret=2aoAN4bkOu" width="600" height="338" title="“Breaking: The UAE Is Officially Changing Its Weekends To Saturday & Sunday” — Grazia Middle East" data-secret="2aoAN4bkOu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://graziamagazine.com/me/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/12/content-abu-dhabi-skyline-with-uae-flag-116052247-istockfranckreporter.jpg?fit=1920%2C108019201080Speculations have been surfacing from earlier this year that the United Arab Emirates will soon be changing its official weekends from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday. Nothing was confirmed until today, with the UAE government Twitter account posting the breaking news just minutes ago.