The music of the arabs by habib hassan touma is a in depth review of the theory practice and history of music in the arab world in addition to explaining the basics of arabic music theory touma provides standard musical notation for some awzan arabic rhythmic parterns and maqamat arabic modes. The music of the united arab emirates stems from the eastern arabia music traditionsdistinctive dance songs from the areas 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 shaabi al emirati and bandari