{"id":2204,"date":"2018-06-07T04:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T04:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2018-06-07T04:59:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T04:59:40","slug":"extended-holiday-eid-ul-fitr-king-salman-ksa-saudi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/extended-holiday-eid-ul-fitr-king-salman-ksa-saudi\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended Holiday for Eid Ul Fitr &#8211; King Salman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Saudi Arabia&#8217;s King has issued a order to extend holiday foe Eid-ul-Fitr in the kingdom at the end of the Holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone  wp-image-2205 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 626 337'%2F%3E\" 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