Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Moon Sighting Committee has announced that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the month of Shawwal, with Wednesday being the 29th and last day of the month of Ramadan, and therefore that Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be the first day of the Eid Al Fitr in the UAE. [full story]