Emirati fables preserved for future readers

A collection of Emirati fairy tales and fables will be preserved in a book for the next generation that will help youngsters get re-introduced to the rich tradition of storytelling.

Organised by the Abu Dhabi Music and Art Foundation (ADMAF), students came up with the idea to contribute to the legacy of the Emirati storytelling tradition and help keep this important cultural heritage alive.

A group of 74 students enrolled at the Academic Bridge Program at Zayed University catalogued and published a collection of UAE fairy tales with the aim of preserving them for future generations, the university announced earlier this week.

“Kharareef started as a classroom initiative and developed into a project titled Story Mile, which highlights the best of Emirati visual and narrative art in a collection of traditional Emirati fables and fairy tales,” Dr Wayne Jones, the director of the Academic Bridge Programme at ZU, told Gulf News.