Don’t expect a Saturday afternoon spent watching the football in Riyadh any time soon. As Kuwait becomes the latest Gulf state to switch to a more business-friendly Friday/Saturday weekend, Saudi officials again dismiss the idea of a change. As the rest of the world relaxes, Saudis will continue to take Saturday as a work day.
“The proposal for changing the weekend is unacceptable in a country that is ruled by the Qur’an and Sunnah and takes them as its constitution.” So says Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council deputy chairman Mahmoud Taiba. He also says the economic arguments for switching to a Fri/Sat weekend were baseless.
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