DUBAI: Friday will never be the same again. For those with means in Dubai, the former first day of the weekend carried a gluttonous party tradition – an hourslong affair with infinite supply of seafood, pizza, dessert and Veuve Clicquot champagne set to pulsing music known simply in this city-state as “Friday brunch.”
But starting this year, the United Arab Emirates shifted its weekend from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday – a move to align with global markets and Western schedules.
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