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Old Dec 5th 2010, 6:21 am
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As many of you will be aware, alcohol will not be served on Monday night in most UAE hotel bars. Drinking resumes at 6.30pm Tuesday apparently.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! sobs
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Originally Posted by lionheart
As many of you will be aware, alcohol will not be served on Monday night in most UAE hotel bars. Drinking resumes at 6.30pm Tuesday apparently.
I thought it was only dry for religious holidays?
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Originally Posted by NorthernLad
I thought it was only dry for religious holidays?
Islamic New Year sounds pretty religious...
anyway, it's dry for sure...
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Originally Posted by NorthernLad
I thought it was only dry for religious holidays?
Islamic New Year is always a dry night!!
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Originally Posted by MataHari
Islamic New Year sounds pretty religious...
anyway, it's dry for sure...
Why does it sound religious? All it marks is the start of the New Year in a calendar.
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bit hippocritical considering they change the day of New Year and everyone will be back in work anyway
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So baring in mind that tomorrow night is a nogo where's good tonight? I have a girlfriend over and we need to let our hair down!
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Originally Posted by NorthernLad
Why does it sound religious? All it marks is the start of the New Year in a calendar.
cause it's called ISLAMIC New Year....or am I missing something here?
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bit hippocritical considering they change the day of New Year and everyone will be back in work anyway
they didn't change the New Year, they only changed the day off...the New Year is still on the Tuesday...
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Originally Posted by MataHari
they didn't change the New Year, they only changed the day off...the New Year is still on the Tuesday...
and everyone is working so hardly a celebration
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and everyone is working so hardly a celebration
well I am guessing they 'celebrated' this weekend, my point was that they have not actually moved the start of the New Year forward as such, so the rule of the dry night is still in place...
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Originally Posted by MataHari
cause it's called ISLAMIC New Year....or am I missing something here?
Maybe I am missing something. It's hardly relevant now that it has been established it is a dry night.

But it is just New Year, start of the calender in Islam. Is New Year in the Gregorian calendar a religious event?
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Originally Posted by NorthernLad
Maybe I am missing something. It's hardly relevant now that it has been established it is a dry night.

But it is just New Year, start of the calender in Islam. Is New Year in the Gregorian calendar a religious event?
yes, well, apparently 'they' classify it as a religious thing, so that's what we are dealing with, it doesn't really matter what 'we' classify as religious or not...
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Originally Posted by MataHari
yes, well, apparently 'they' classify it as a religious thing, so that's what we are dealing with, it doesn't really matter what 'we' classify as religious or not...
my rule of thumb - if the moon is involved it'll be dry....
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