On the folklore and oral history of the United Arab Emirates and Arab Gulf countries / selected and edited by Adnan K. Abdulla, Hassan M. Al-Naboodah.

Includes bibliographical references.

PART ONE. Priorities in Heritage Research in the Heritage in the Emirates and the Arab Gulf : 1. The Past in Search of a Public ; Folklore and Heritage in the Emirates and the Arab Gulf - 2. The Role of Archives in Conjunction with Oral History - 3. Folklore-The What, The How and The Why ; Theoretical and Local Perspectives from Ras Al-Khaimah -- PART TWO. Oral Traditions and Performance Art : 1. Camels & Palm Trees ; Views of Nomadic and Settled Life in the Oral Culture of the Dawasir Tribe - 2. Yes, There Were Stories. You Should Have Come Twenty Years Ago - 3. Aziz Ali ; A Folklorist Singer - 4. Interpretations of the Zagharid -- PART THREE. Customs, Traditions and Material Culture : 1. Food and Folklore - 2. Documentation and Conservation of UAE Urban Heritage - 3. Why Preserve the Past in UAE? -- PART FOUR. Modern Technologies in the Field of Recording, Documenting and Classifying Heritage : 1. Towards Establishing an Internet-Based Database for Folklore Studies in the Gulf Region -- PART FIVE. On the Oral History of the UAE and Gulf States : 1. Representing an Re-thinking the Past ; Oral and Written Tradition in the UAE and the Arab Gulf - 2. Significant Lacunae in the English-Language Literature on the United Arab Emirates ; The Need for Oral History - 3. Comparing the Use of Oral History in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.

Text In English and Arabic.