In summing up it follows to emphasise that Emirate literature is a young literature and one unknown in Europe. It has been produced, chiefly, on the basis of the classical literary language, and its common denominator is the registering of the social, economic and cultural changes occurring within the United Arab Emirates following their gaining of independence. The present book constitutes a study into the modern literature of the Emirates. The materials assembled have been interpreted by taking into consideration the broad cultural context of the Emirates.

An analysis of the creative output of the authors mentioned results in reflection in a synthetic way of the common phenomena expressed, which include changes in the traditional social structure connected with the economic boom. This in turn connected itself with respect for one's own past and a desire for a continuation of tradition, but after its application to new functions and content. The inhabitants of the United Arab Emirates understand that they must implement certain changes in their social and family relations, yet they are at the same time conservative, for example preserving their traditional style of dress out of a fear of a loss of their own identity. Equally the sea and its connection with the life of the Emirates’ inhabitants is widely described in the poetry and prose. Finally there are universal topics like love. There is also no lack of involvement through the lyrical, the epic and the dramatic in the problems of liberation struggles and Arab unity.