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Beit Sitti Restaurant in Sharjah’s Al Qasba has reported an increase in footfall since January. Salam Al Amir / The National
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Families enjoy their day off at the Green Heaven Farm in Sharjah. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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Nassir Al Kashwani, 45, a Sharjah Department of Finance employee, with his daughter Hajar, 8, at their home. Photo: Nassir Al Kashwani
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Tala Saadi, from Jordan, says her children Juman, 10, and Rayan, 7, spend the extended weekend at home watching content on their tablets. Photo: Tala Saadi
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Beit Sitti Restaurant in Sharjah’s Al Qasba has reported an increase in footfall since January. Salam Al Amir / The National
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Families enjoy their day off at the Green Heaven Farm in Sharjah. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
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Nassir Al Kashwani, 45, a Sharjah Department of Finance employee, with his daughter Hajar, 8, at their home. Photo: Nassir Al Kashwani
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Tala Saadi, from Jordan, says her children Juman, 10, and Rayan, 7, spend the extended weekend at home watching content on their tablets. Photo: Tala Saadi
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Beit Sitti Restaurant in Sharjah’s Al Qasba has reported an increase in footfall since January. Salam Al Amir / The National
Six months after it adopted a four-day week, has life in Sharjah changed?
The hospitality business has picked up as more people are eating out and looking to spend time away from home
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Salam Al Amir
10 June, 2022
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