Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Labour, Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, has announced that Sunday, June 17, 2012, had also been declared a non-working holiday for UAE workers in private sector companies and establishments on account of the upcoming Al Isra Wal Miraj (the Ascension of Prophet Mohammed). [full story]