Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Qatar's Emiri Diwan has announced that the previously-announced 11-day period of public sector holidays for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), had been extended to 12 consecutive days of public sector holidays. [full story]