Q3 MAPEH Project

Phase 1 Details

Country for Documentation: UAE

Reference List
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_the_United_Arab_Emirateshttps://u.ae/en/about-the-
uae/culture/art#:~:text=Music%2C%20dance%2C%20poetry%2C%20pottery,forms%20thriving
%20in%20the%20UAE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates

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Common Health issues in UAE is Cardiovascular disease is the principal cause of
death in the UAE, constituting 28 percent of total deaths; other major causes are
accidents and injuries, malignancies, and congenital anomalies. Music, dance, poetry,
pottery, weaving and embroidery were popular forms of art in the olden days. Today,
paintings and literature have joined the art forms thriving in the UAE. The music of
the United Arab Emirates stems from the Eastern Arabia music traditions. Distinctive dance songs
from the area's fishermen are also well-known. Liwa (or leiwah / leywah) is a type of music and
dance performed mainly in communities which contain descendants of Bantu peoples from
the African Great Lakes region, and hybrid Afro-Arab rhythms such as the Sha'abi al-Emirati and
Bandari remain the standard in both traditional and popular music in this historically cosmopolitan
country.
Performers in the country include Mohammed Al Muhairi (better known as Mehad Hamad), Ahlam
Ali Al Shamsi, and Hussain Al Jasmi.
The Emirati-American composer Mohammed Fairouz has been commissioned to premiere his fifth
symphony at the Abu Dhabi Festival in 2020[1]
In 2020 Emirati Composer Ihab Darwish was commissioned by The Palm Fountain (Dubai, UAE) -
world’s largest fountain by the Guinness Book of World Record, to compose an official musical
theme “Aim For The Sky” as a sonic brand and its signature music. The composition pays homage
to the UAE's culture as well as capture Dubai's cosmopolitanism and is performed regularly at The
Palm Fountain at The Pointe, Dubai, from  December 1, 2020.