Abdullah omran taryam biography of martin

Abdullah Omran Taryam

Emirati businessman

Abdullah Omran Taryam (–) 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 and educated in Sharjah and Kuwait, Abdullah Omran Taryam received a Bachelor's degree in history from the University of Cairo in , then completed his doctorate in modern history at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom in [2][3]

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

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This was followed on 19 October with the launch of Al Khaleej, the first newspaper in what was then the Trucial State of Sharjah.[3] On 15 April , the brothers subsequently launched the English language national daily Gulf Today.[2][4]

Abdullah worked as a secondary school teacher at Al Orouba School before becoming Director of the Department of Education in Sharjah.[5][6]

Political career

Together with his brother, he was part of the team that negotiated the establishment of the union of the United Arab Emirates, which became independent on 2 December [3]

Abdullah Taryam was the UAE's first Minister of Justice from to , going on to serve as UAE Minister of Education from to [7] He served a second term as Minister of Justice from to

Together with his brother, Abdullah developed Dar Al Khaleej's stable of titles to include two newspapers, two weekly and two monthly magazines.

He was a prominent journalist and author as well as a businessman, and was the author of The Establishment of the United Arab Emirates , published by Routledge.[8] He was described as a "role model" in the field of journalism.[9] In , together with Taryam he launched the annual Taryam and Abdullah Omran Press Award.[10]

Abdullah Omran Taryam died on 30 January of a stroke.

His passing was marked by national mourning.[5]

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