Dubai restaurants to stop screening dining areas during Ramadan fast

Restaurants in the UAE's largest city previously had to screen off places where people ate during fasting hours during the Islamic holy month, as is customary throughout the region.
People are pictured inside a restaurant in Dubai, as the Gulf emirate moved to ease its lockdown measures amid the coronavirus pandemic, United Arab Emirates , May 26, 2020.
People are pictured inside a restaurant in Dubai, as the Gulf emirate moved to ease its lockdown measures amid the coronavirus pandemic, United Arab Emirates , May 26, 2020. - Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images
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Restaurants in Dubai will not need to cover eating spaces during fasting hours this Ramadan.

Eateries in the Emirates’ largest city will not need to block off customers from the public view during the Islamic holy month, as was the previous policy. Restaurants will also not need to obtain a permit to serve food during fasting times, the state Emirates News Agency reported on Sunday, citing Dubai’s Department of Economic Development.

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