
UAE Eid holiday plan; Oman job rules; Disney headed to Abu Dhabi; Dubai real estate investment records – 10 things you missed this week
- Gulf
- May 9, 2025
The news in the EAU this week has SEN subjects, including taxes for real estate investors, in schools, an important announcement of thematic parks, the launch of new categories of commercial licenses and more.
There is also the opportunity to start planning Eid al Adha, vigning updates, Dubai real estate analysis and an important change for the Dubai subway.
Put up this week with the greatest stories, as selected by Arab business Editors

EAU eid al adha 2025: How to get 9 free days with only 3 or annual licenses
The EAU workers wait for the EID to Adha 2025 holidays can maximize free time strategically using vacation days to maximize free time next month.
The EAU have already announced dates for Eid al Adha and Arafat Day holidays in 2025, with a total of four days for the public and private sector. The EAU legislation declared that Arafat’s day will be the ninth day of Dhul Hijja and will be a holiday. This will be immediately followed by the adha, which will be from Dhul Hijja 10 to 12 in the Islamic calendar.
However, the use of current forecasts and intelligent vacation reserves for EAU workers can extend free time with only a few days of annual vacations.

Oman announces new important employment rules
Oman is presenting new employment rules, since it seems to increase the number of citizens working in the private sector.
As part of an vigning campaign, companies that have operated for a year without hiring Omanis must present an employment plan within a month or notification.
In an attempt to guarantee a balance between business sustainability and employment location, the Ministry of Labor has announced a set of integrated regulations and incentives to enforce the companies and colleagues for a decision request that has an ear audience.

Dubai metro station renowned
A key Dubai Metro station will be renamed as part of a 10 -year agreement with the road and transport authority (RTA).
The RTA has granted the Pharmacy of Life the names of the names of the Exchange Metro de Eea, which will be known as the Metro de la Pharmacy Station of Life, under a 10 -year agreement.
The agreement was signed between Life Pharmacy Group and Hypermedia, and Media Mada attended its capacity as the authorized dealer designated by RTA under a concession agreement between the middle and RTA.

Sharjah announces a new license policy
Sharjah has introduced a new license category for women in the Emirate.
Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed al Qasimi, member of the Supreme Council and ruler of Sharjah, has approved a new license policy in the government called “Attention License”.
This license is granted to employees who give birth to a sick child or a child with disabilities that require a constant partner. The license will begin after the end of the maternity leave and can be extended with the approval of the relevant authority.

Dubai Free Zone announces 2 new business categories
A free area of Dubai has launched two new business category licenses, as it seeks to increase options for city companies.
DMCC has introduced two new categories of licenses to offer companies greater flexibility to structure investments, manage assets and supervise regional operations.
As part of the impulse of DMCC to address evolving commercial applications, new licenses eliminate the requirement of physical offices and operational infrastructure lease, providing an agile and profitable solution for companies that seek dynamate structures in one of the worlds.

Disney announces the Abu Dhabi theme park
Disney has announced that he will build a theme park on Yas Island of Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Heir Prince of Abu Dhabi and President of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, witnessed the announcement of the resort project of the Temo Disney Park in Yas Island Surohn. Decla Decla Dring Dishing Dishing Dishing Plato, Declare Decla Dishing Dishing Dishing Plato, after the costume of the costume, Dhabi dish, after d intering plate. And Miral.
Miral, the main creator of destinations and immersive experiences of Abu Dhabi, reached anger with the Walt Disney company to develop the New Disney Theme Park Resort in Yas Island Waterfront, one of the main entertainment destinations in the world.

EAU clarifies fiscal rules for real estate investors
The EAU have issued a clarification about the rules for fiscal rules for real estate investors in the country.
The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has issued a public clarification on the corporate tax on the tax treatment of investors in a real estate investment trust (Reit) that are exempt from the corporate tax as a qualified fund.
General clarification offers a detailed explanation of:
- The income of the legal persons invested in Reit that are subject to the corporations tax
- The relevant tax period in which investors will be subject to taxes
- Reit compliance obligations and investors

The EAU banks feed the increase in real estate demand with lower mortgage rates, extended financing facilities
Banks in the EAU are emerging as the new demand drivers increase in the country’s real estate market, attracting international and national investors with mortgage rates below the rates called in the Central Bank of the EAU, despite the fading expectations of the cuts in interest rates.
Some of the banks now offer mortgages below 4 percent compared to the three months of Interbank Emirates offered (Eibor) or 4.2-4.3 percent, they said.
This, together with the strengthening or coins such as the British pound and the euro against the Dirham following the weakening of the US dollar, is causing a significant increase in demand for residential real estate, since the property in Dubai has an international forestry forest forestry forest.

EAU adds to the school curriculum
The EAU will make AI a mandatory issue in public schools from next academic year.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) as an official issue in the Public School Study Plan for the Garden of Infants to Grade 12, from the academic year 2025-2026.
The measure will equip students with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to understand the concepts of AI and apply the issue in everyday life, as part of the EAU approach to empower young people to evoke global trends and boost innovation.

Dubai real estate sales rise to $ 17 billion in April; High performance areas revealed
The Dubai real estate market established a new monthly monthly sales record of AED62.4bn ($ 17 billion) in April, an increase in the value of 95.3 percent in the same month last year, according to an update of the market issued by Fäm Properties.
The report reveals that the total of 17,979 transactions last month also represented an increase of 55.4 percent by April 2024, which makes it the third most selling recorded in terms of volume.
It underlines the floating nature of the real estate sector of Dubai, with April eclipse the previous monthly sales peak of AED61.1bn ($ 16.6 billion) in October last year, after the second highest quarterly.