	Daily life is dominated by Islamic observance. Businesses are closed three or four times a day for 30 to 45 minutes during business hours while employees and customers are sent off to pray. The weekend is Friday-Saturday, not Saturday-Sunday, because Friday is the holiest day for Muslims. For many years only two religious holidays were publicly recognized – "ʿĪd al-Fiṭr" and "ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā". ("ʿĪd al-Fiṭr" is "the biggest" holiday, a three-day period of "feasting, gift-giving and general letting go".)