Taryam Omran Taryam (1942 – May 16, 2002) was the co-founder of Dar Al Khaleej Printing & Publishing, a publishing house based in

Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...

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. Together with his brother, Abdullah Omran Taryam, he founded the first UAE daily national newspaper '' Al Khaleej'', as well as the English-language daily ''

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''.

Early life

Born in Sharjah in 1942 and educated in Sharjah and

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, Taryam Omran Taryam completed his education with a degree from

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. In 1970, Taryam co-founded

Dar Al Khaleej Dar Al Khaleej Printing & Publishing () is a publishing house based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The company was established in 1970 with the launch of the daily '' Al Khaleej'' newspaper. The company, whose name literally means ''Gulf Hous ...

together with his brother Abdullah, 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. An active participant in the process leading to the establishment of the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971, he was subsequently appointed as the new nation's first Ambassador to Egypt and also the first UAE Permanent Ambassador to the

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. He was Speaker of the UAE

Federal National Council The Federal National Council (FNC) (, ''al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi'') of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an advisory quasi-parliamentary body in the UAE. The FNC consists of 40 members. Twenty of the members are indirectly elected by the ...

(FNC) from 1977 to 1981. He subsequently focused on his business interests, developing Dar Al Khaleej's stable of titles to include two newspapers, two weekly and two monthly magazines. He was a prominent journalist as well as a businessman.

Other interests

As well as chairing Dar Al Khaleej, Taryam served as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sultan bin Al Owais Cultural Establishment, the Deputy Chairman of the Emirates Committee for Arab Integration, a board member of the Arab Unity Studies Centre and a member of the Gulf Development Forum. In 2002, together with Abdullah, he launched the annual Taryam and Abdullah Omran Press Award.

Death

Taryam Omran Taryam died on May 16, 2002.

References

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