Abdullah omran taryam biography sample paper

Emirati businessman

Abdullah Omran Taryam (1948–2014) was the co-founder of Dar Al Khaleej Printing & Publishing, the publishing house based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Together with his brother, Taryam Omran Taryam, he founded the first UAE daily national newspaper Al Khaleej, as well as the English-language daily Gulf Today.^[1]

Early life

Born in Sharjah in 1948 and educated in Sharjah and Kuwait, Abdullah Omran Taryam received a Bachelor's degree in history from the University of Cairo in 1966, then completed his doctorate in modern history at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom in 1986.^[2][3]

In 1970, Abdullah co-founded Dar Al Khaleej together with his brother Taryam, and launched a weekly magazine Al Shurouq.

This was followed on 19 October 1970 with the launch of Al Khaleej, the first newspaper in what was then the Trucial State of Sharjah.^[3] On 15 April 1996, the brothers s Humanity was his cornerstone - Gulf Today QEP