Emirati culture, carried forward. A place for stories, craft and learning across generations.
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Some knowledge lives in a story. Some lives in the way a net is tied, a meal is shared or a word is spoken. Khuta Al Awaleen brings these expressions of Emirati culture into one connected place to learn.
The platform gathers stories, short films, crafts, activities and vocabulary into cultural worlds. It speaks English and Arabic, and gives younger learners their own way in.
The collection is large and mixed. The platform arranges it as a path, from a first image to something you can try yourself.
Home, the sea, growth and harvest, nature. Each world is one strong image and a short invitation, so a visitor has somewhere to begin.
Stories are learning journeys told in chapters. Each one carries the values and practices of a part of Emirati life.
Protocol of the Sea opens on a dhow at sea, with where it was recorded, when, and how long it runs.
A chapter pairs its film with a list of what comes next, time stamps for each part and a guide to download.
The glossary holds the vocabulary heard in the stories, in Arabic script, with its sound in Latin letters and its meaning.
The Children switch changes the tone. Illustrated characters, age filters and a simpler set of stories, games and worksheets make the same worlds approachable for families.
The themes stay connected to the wider platform. Stories of the Sea and the fishing game grew out of this direction.
One control changes the whole platform to Arabic. The layout mirrors with it: the navigation, the heading and the world cards trade sides.
The patterns, photography and type stay in character, so the Arabic reads as the original, not as a translation.
The interesting challenge is connection: giving a film, a craft, a word and a game a place in the same cultural experience. A shared visual language lets these different formats belong together without flattening their character.
This case study captures the current platform direction. The strongest next step is to refine how people move between a first encounter, a deeper story and something they can try themselves.
National Projects Office (NPO) — client
