Abdullah Omran Taryam dead at 66

Dr. Abdullah Omran Taryam, Chairman of Dar Al Khaleej for Press, Printing and Publishing, died Thursday morning at the age of 66. Prayers for the deceased will be held after Friday prayers at King Faisal Mosque in Sharjah. He will be buried at Jubail cemetery in Sharjah. Born in Sharjah in 1948, Dr. Abdullah finished his primary, secondary and high school education in Sharjah and Kuwait. He attained his Bachelor's degree in History from Cairo University and his Ph.D. in Modern History from the University of Exeter in the U.K. in 1986. He established the Al Khaleej newspaper with his brother, the late Taryam Omran, in 1970, which has since grown to become the Dar Al Khaleej newspaper group. Abdullah worked as a secondary school teacher at Al Orouba School and then became a Director of the Department of Education in Sharjah. He was among the team that negotiated the establishment of the U.A.E. Union. He also held the posts of Minister of Education and Minister of Justice.