Quote Originally Posted by Jammy89 View Post
Nicely thought out and good to get a perspective from Middle East.

So is Eid the whole week?

Kids at school i work at are only off for Tuesday/Weds.
Aye so the majority of staff (not shift workers) have been off work since last Thursday (Friday / Saturday is the weekend here we work Sunday - Thursday as Friday is Islamic holy day like Sunday used to be for us) and have 9 days off.

For the rest of us we have Tuesday - Thursday off and the weekend. However a lot of folks treat Eid like we treat Christmas and book a few cheeky days off either side to extend the holidays and return to Lebanon, Egypt / their home country for a long 2-3 week vacation with family.

This is Eid Al Fitr 'Breaking fast for Eid' at the end or Ramadan. Generally normal work resumes about 2-3 weeks after Eid so 3 weeks from Friday.

Then 11th to 14th of August is 'Eid al-Adha' which is a remembrance of Ibrahim (same as Abraham from our bible - same dude same teaching) as he is considered to be as important to Islam as the prophet Muhammed however as he's the same guy as our Abraham ya generally don't here about that bit of Islam, 'Islam give praise and worship to an Israelite Jewish Prophet and one of the most significant figures in Christianity' it doesn't really cause a lot of controversy that one does it, doesn't really sell news papers or do much to support Knuckle draggers like Tommy Robinson's claims that Muslims are evil because in a roundabout way he would be saying our faith is also evil.

After Eid al-Adha things go back to normal until Christmas when all us European Christians, atheists and/or others head away for our vacation.

However we won't have to wait until Eid al-Adha to get a result lads and lasses, these guys will have their lawyers working with the FA to clear everything. They'll really enjoy gifting the Sheikh his new club as a gift during the Eid vacation.

It's more likely to be a case that if they get it done quickly he'll buy all a Ferrari each or a Lambo like a couple of lads I know got from a Sheikh for doing excellent work on his fleet of Yachts

Funny old world out here man!