 Emirati males prefer to wear a kandura, an ankle-length white tunic woven from wool or cotton, and Emirati women wear an abaya, a black over-garment that covers most parts of the body.Ancient Emirati poetry was strongly influenced by the 8th-century Arab scholar Al Khalil bin Ahmed.The earliest known poet in the UAE is Ibn Majid, born between 1432 and 1437 in Ras Al-Khaimah.