Photos of children of the United Arab Emirates

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Children of the Emirates

Emirati children are of course not that different from children the world over but it is obvious to the visitor they have internalised from an early age the Arab virtues of politeness and hospitality towards strangers. What is also really striking is how the boys manage to keep their traditional white "dishdasha" or "thobe", the long sleeved ankle-length garment they traditionally wear, so spotlessly clean.

Boys of Mezaira'a
 
Boys of Sharjah
 
Boy eating chips
 
Horse riding, Khor Fakkan
 
Boy at Children's Farm
 
Young Emirati
 
Small boy of Hatta
 
Young girl, Abu Dhabi
 
Sitting on the floor
 
Preschool children
 
At the computers
 
Computers in preschool
 
Schoolkids, Abu Dhabi
 
Kindergarten girls playing
 
Making music
 
Children in classroom
 
Preschoolers, Abu Dhabi
 
Small boys of Abu Dhabi
 
Traditional dance
 
Al Bawadi Model School
 
Knowing the answer
 
Boy at his desk
 
Boys in their classroom
 
Working with computers
 
Al Bawadi School uniform
 
Computer work
 
Playing a xylophone
 
Boys at work
 
Playing accordeon
 
Boys singing
 
Boys in a music lesson
 
Boys with clay pots
 
Painting clay pots
 
Clay pot painting
 
Boys of Abu Dhabi
 
School boy, Al Ain
 

Nowadays the schools in the Emirates are completely up to date and children in traditional Arab dress (their school uniform) can be seen at computers, symbolising how the traditional and the new can live side by side in contemporary Arabia. Boys and girls are taught together at preschool level, but here are no co-educational primary or secondary public schools; boys and girls are taught separately. There are however, some private schools that admit both boys and girls, especially the international schools. Primary education is compulsory from the age of 5.