Weekends
May 26th 2013, 6:16 pm
#1
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2012
Location: bute
Posts: 9,740
Weekends
In KSA I got used to the Thursday/Friday weekend. Some people never get used to it - even after 20 years ! Other places do it differently. I pinched this from Wikipedia -
"Following reforms in a number of Arab States of the Persian Gulf in the 2000s, the Thursday–Friday weekend was replaced by the Friday–Saturday weekend. This change provided for the Muslim offering of Friday Jumu'ah prayers and afforded more work days to coincide with the working calendars of international financial markets.
Algeria (2009)
Bahrain (2006)
Bangladesh
Egypt[25]
Iraq (2005–2006)
Jordan (2000)
Kuwait (2007)
Libya (2005–2006)
Northern Malaysia (only in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah)
Mauritania (2005–2006)
Oman (2013)
Qatar
Sudan (2008)
Syria (2005–2006)
United Arab Emirates (2006)"
"Following reforms in a number of Arab States of the Persian Gulf in the 2000s, the Thursday–Friday weekend was replaced by the Friday–Saturday weekend. This change provided for the Muslim offering of Friday Jumu'ah prayers and afforded more work days to coincide with the working calendars of international financial markets.
Algeria (2009)
Bahrain (2006)
Bangladesh
Egypt[25]
Iraq (2005–2006)
Jordan (2000)
Kuwait (2007)
Libya (2005–2006)
Northern Malaysia (only in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah)
Mauritania (2005–2006)
Oman (2013)
Qatar
Sudan (2008)
Syria (2005–2006)
United Arab Emirates (2006)"
May 26th 2013, 7:10 pm
#2
Nothing doin' here
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,508
Re: Weekends
And? Your point is?
May 26th 2013, 7:39 pm
#3
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2012
Location: bute
Posts: 9,740
Re: Weekends
How long before KSA change ?
May 27th 2013, 4:37 am
#4
Joined: Feb 2010
Location: Buraydah , Saudi Arabia
Posts: 2,863
Re: Weekends
As long as I get two days off I don't really care . I kind of prefer a Thursday / Friday weekend because you have two days off and you still have the Saturday / Sunday football to look forward to .
May 27th 2013, 1:53 pm
#5
womble
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,675
Re: Weekends
Thursday/Friday was so much better than Friday/Saturday
Saturday is a really busy day, and I much preferred to be busy on Thursday and relax on Friday ready for the week start. Now by the start of the working week I'm exhausted already and I've only done 2 days of work this week! ffs
Saturday is a really busy day, and I much preferred to be busy on Thursday and relax on Friday ready for the week start. Now by the start of the working week I'm exhausted already and I've only done 2 days of work this week! ffs
May 28th 2013, 2:47 am
#6
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 13,553
Re: Weekends
Thursday/Friday was so much better than Friday/Saturday
Saturday is a really busy day, and I much preferred to be busy on Thursday and relax on Friday ready for the week start. Now by the start of the working week I'm exhausted already and I've only done 2 days of work this week! ffs
Saturday is a really busy day, and I much preferred to be busy on Thursday and relax on Friday ready for the week start. Now by the start of the working week I'm exhausted already and I've only done 2 days of work this week! ffs
Anyway, how do you think I felt - living in Saudi for eleven years and always, because of the nature of my work, working the Mon-Fri 'Western' week..........?
May 28th 2013, 2:20 pm
#7
womble
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,675
Re: Weekends
I'm in Oman. We changed a few weeks ago.
May 28th 2013, 2:56 pm
#8
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
May 28th 2013, 3:36 pm
#9
May 28th 2013, 4:40 pm
#10
Hit 16's
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine
Posts: 13,112
May 28th 2013, 5:39 pm
#11
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: Windscale....
Posts: 5,712
May 29th 2013, 10:15 am
#12
Forum Regular
Joined: Jan 2013
Location: Saudi by Day / Bahrain by Night
Posts: 94
Re: Weekends
Soon I hope. The Causeway is a nightmare on Saturday morning with all the Bahraini's coming for cheap shopping or whatever, frankly I cannot understand why anyone would voluntarily cross the Causeway in that direction, but each to their own.
Have heard rumours of September, understand that Savola Group are implementing after Ramadan.
Have heard rumours of September, understand that Savola Group are implementing after Ramadan.
