More about United Arab Emirates

Culture of United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates has a diverse society. The country's historical population as a small tribal community has been changed with the arrival of other nationals — first by the Iranians in 1810, and later by Indians and Pakistanis and other Arab countries in the 1950s and 1960s. Furthermore, the country was a part of the British Empire up until 1971.
The influence of Islamic, Persian and Arabian culture on its architecture, music, attire, cuisine, and lifestyle are very prominent as well.

The city of Al Ain in Abu Dhabi is a UNESCO World Heritage site.In 1998, The Emirate of Sharjah was named by the UNESCO 'The Cultural capital of the Arab World' in 1998 and the 'capital of Islamic culture for 2014' by the OIC

Architecture

The United Arab Emirate's architecture is inspired by Islamic architecture, Arabian architecture and Persian architecture. Arabian and Persian inspired architecture is part of the expression of the local Emirati identity.For example, the "barjeel" has become an identifying mark of traditional Emirati architecture and is attributed to Persian influence

Dress

Many of the older Emirati men prefer wearing the traditional Emirati clothes, such as the kandura, an ankle-length white shirt woven from wool or cotton while many local women wear an abaya, a black over-garment covering most parts of the body.
On average a UAE male national would have up to 50 kanduras as they keep changing their clothing to ensure the dress being kept clean.

Traditional Food

There are a lot of known dishes in UAE, for example: Harees, Machboos and Luqemat. Lebanese, Indian and Iranian (also called Persian) cuisines are the most common, and these are eaten both at home and in restaurants. The most popular streetside snack is Shawarma i.e. meat sliced off a spit and rolled in a pocket of pita-type bread.

Shawarma (The Arabian Doner)

 

Machboos (with little bit of loomi)

Falafel (Treat from Middle East)

Holidays

Date	English
January 1	New Year's Day
Zil Hajjah 10	Day of the Sacrifice
Muharram 1	Islamic New Year
Rajab 27	The Night Journey
December 2	National Day
Ramadan 29/30 Shawwal 1	End of Ramadan

Here some word in Arabic, that it can help you if you travel to United Arab Emirates:

Good Morning!	Sabah el kheer
Good Afternoon/ Evening!	Masaa el kheer
Good Night (when leaving)	Tosbeho/to sb eh een a (fem) ‘ala khair/
Good Bye!	Ma’a salama
See You Later!	Araka/ (Araki for female) fee maba'd
How Are You?	Kaifa haloka/ haloki (female)
I'm Fine! And You?	Ana bekhair, wa anta? wa anti? (female)
Thank You (Very Much)!	Shokran(jazeelan )
You're Welcome!	Al’afw
What's New?- Nothing new!	Maljadeed? - Lashai jadeed
How is everything going?	Kaifa taseeru al omoor?
Pretty good!	Bekhair, alhamdu lellah
Hey Friend!	Ahlan sadiqi/sadiqati!

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 FLIGHT TO  United Arab Emirates

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PLACES IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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