H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and President of American University of Sharjah (AUS) has announced university plans to become the top research university in the Arab world within five years. Founded in 1997, the American University of Sharjah is a not-for-profit, independent, institution of higher education located in Sharjah’s University ...

After many years of quietly developing its cultural tourism resources, Sharjah has now begun to launch large scale eco-tourism projects that both help provide visitors with a richer experience and help protect the emirate’s natural environment. Perhaps the largest of these, so far, is the Mleiha Archaeological and Eco-tourism Project, which deftly presents the archaeological site and area of natural ...

NMC Health (LON:NMC), a leading UAE-based healthcare provider, is to acquire Al Zahra Hospital Sharjah from Gulf Medical Projects (ADX:GMPC) for US$560 million (AED 2.1b). Opened in 1981, the hospital is located in the Al Ghuwair district of Sharjah and is one of the largest medical facilities in the United Arab Emirates. NMC will fund the acquisition of Al Zahra ...