Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Education and Chairman of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Humaid Mohamed Obaid Al Qattami, has announced that Sunday, June 17, 2012, had been declared a non-working public sector holiday for workers in the ministries and federal agencies on account of the upcoming Al Isra Wal Miraj holiday (the Ascension of Prophet Mohammed). [full story]