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Muwaileh Commercial or Muwaileh Sharjah (Arabic: تجارية مويلح) is a city, suburb and residential area in the emirate of Sharjah, [1] UAE. It is one of the most densely populated areas of the Emirates.
Al Qasimia University (also called as AQU) is a national university located in Sharjah. It was established in year 2014 by its founder, president and chairman, the ruler of Sharjah His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi .
Emirates eGovernment has set up the UAE's official portal www.government.ae, which is a major milestone in the process of e-Transformation in the UAE. This portal brings all e-Services and information provided by the UAE federal and local government bodies under one umbrella. [13] Emirates eGovernment provides services on G2G, G2B and G2C levels.
In 1963, Britain ceded responsibility for the Trucial States' postal systems. An American philatelic entrepreneur by the name of Finbar Kenny saw the opportunity to create a number of editions of stamps aimed at the lucrative collector's market and in 1964 concluded a deal with a number of Trucial States to take the franchise for the production of stamps for their respective governments.
The origin of the name of Sharjah is unknown, with most common interpretations linking the origin of the word Sharjah to the word sharq (Arabic: شَرْق, lit. 'east') due to the fact that the city is located to the east of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and that Sharjah was the easternmost settlement at the time.
As each emirate took over its own postal administration, the offices closed: Dubai on 14 June 1963; Abu Dhabi on 29 March 1964. The northern emirates proceeded to issue a number of editions of stamps intended for the collector's market – particularly Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah. Known today as Dunes, they are colourful and virtually ...
While the Ministry of Education is the federal governing body for higher education and education in general, some emirates might still have their own agencies which oversee certain aspects of higher education within the emirate, such as Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) or Abu Dhabi's Department of Education and Knowledge ...
Sharjah International Airport is home base of the low-cost carrier Air Arabia. The headquarters of Air Arabia is in the Sharjah Freight Center, [6] on the property of the airport [7] in Sharjah, UAE. [6] The center is an old cargo terminal. It replaced RAF Sharjah, which was closer to the city and was opened in 1932.