The Emirate of Sharjah is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates,which covers 2,590 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi) and has a population of over 1,400,000 (2015). It comprises the capital city of Sharjah,after which it is named,and other minor towns and exclaves such as Kalba',Al Dhaid,Dibba Al-Hisn and Khor Fakkan.
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is the northernmost of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The city of Ras Al Khaimah,abbreviated to RAK or RAK City,is the capital of the emirate and home to most of the emirate's residents. It is linked to the Islamic trading port of Julfar. Its name in English means "headland of the tent". The emirate borders Oman's exclave of Musandam,and occupies part of the same peninsula. It covers an area of 2,486 km2 (960 sq mi) and has 64 km (40 mi) of beach coastline. As of 2023,the emirate had a population of about 400,000.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai,and serves as the vice president and prime minister. Mohammed succeeded his brother Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum as UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai following the latter's death in 2006.
Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was an Emirati royal,politician,and a founder of the United Arab Emirates who served as the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah,from 1965 until his assassination in 1972.
United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) (Arabic:جامعةالإماراتالعربيةالمتحدة) is a public research university located in Al Ain,United Arab Emirates. Founded in 1976 by the country's first President,Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan,it is the oldest university in the United Arab Emirates and offers courses in various subjects up to post-graduation.
Ajman is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai,Abu Dhabi,Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf,it is engulfed by the larger emirate of Sharjah in territory.
Kalba is a city in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is an exclave of Sharjah lying on the Gulf of Oman coast north of Oman. Khor Kalba,an important nature reserve and mangrove swamp,is located south of the town by the Omani border.
Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi was the Ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah from 1948 to 2010. On 10 February 1972,under his leadership,Ras Al Khaimah become the seventh Trucial State to join the United Arab Emirates.
Rafia Obaid Ghubash is a Dubai psychiatrist and epidemiologist who serves as president of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology,and is a former president of the Arabian Gulf University. She is known as a role model of women's empowerment.
Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi is the former Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah,the northernmost Emirate of the United Arab Emirates. He is the eldest son of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi,who ruled Ras Al Khaimah from 1948 until his death in 2010.
Omar Saif Ghobash is the Assistant Minister for Culture and Public Diplomacy in the UAE and an author. He was appointed ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to France on 24 November 2017,having previously served as UAE ambassador to Russia from 2009 to 2017. Ghobash authored the book,Letters to a Young Muslim,which was written as a series of letters to his eldest son about what it means to be Muslim in the 21st century.
The dynasties of the United Arab Emirates consist of the six ruling families of the seven Emirates.
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi is the current ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah,one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. He became the chief of the ruler’s Emiri court in 1979,the head of the Municipal Council in 1986,and the Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of the Emirate in June 2003. Then,he officially became the ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in 2010 after his father’s death.
Saqr III bin Sultan Al Qasimi was the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah,a Trucial State and now one of the United Arab Emirates,from May 1951 to 24 June 1965.
Saif Saeed Ghobash Al Marri was an Emirati diplomat and engineer. He was the United Arab Emirates first Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Saqr or Sakr is an Arabic given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Ghanem Ghubash is an Emirati film producer in the United Arab Emirates. He is the creator and producer of the first Emirati science-fiction film in the Arab world called Aerials,and the producer of the Emirati post-apocalyptic science-fiction film The Sons of Two Suns.
Ras Al Khaimah,often referred to its initials RAK and historically known as Julfar, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The city had a population of 400,000 in 2023,and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai,Abu Dhabi,Sharjah,Al Ain and Ajman. The city is divided by a creek into two parts:old town in the west and Al Nakheel in the east.
Maisoon Saqer is a female Emirati poet and artist who was born in Sharjah,UAE in 1958. She published many poetry collections including "This Is How I Name Things". She held numerous Art exhibitions in various countries including UAE,Cairo,Jordan and Bahrain. She published her first novel "Raihana" in 2003.
Ghobash is an Emirati surname.
