{"id":1405,"date":"2026-03-22T07:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smc.edirectstaging.uk\/?page_id=1405"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:50:19","slug":"history-of-media-in-the-sharjah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smc.ae\/en\/history-of-media-in-the-sharjah\/","title":{"rendered":"History Of Media in the Sharjah"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1405\" class=\"elementor elementor-1405\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0378c1 chair-bread-sec wid elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0378c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8556da elementor-section-full_width history-inn elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8556da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-296191e history-col1\" data-id=\"296191e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181670c history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"181670c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1928<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Oman, the country's first handwritten news sheet.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b043dd history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5b043dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1961<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Al Diyar, the country's first printed newspaper.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ebd9f history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"35ebd9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1962<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Al Ilm Noor, the country's first women's school magazine.\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c29bca history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8c29bca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1964<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The UAE's first radio station, Sawt Al Sahil, was broadcast from Sharjah.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2b4a0 history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7d2b4a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1970<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Al Khaleej newspaper was issued in Sharjah.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd54689 history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"cd54689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1972<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Sharjah Radio was established.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ae2b1f history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"6ae2b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">1989<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Sharjah Broadcasting Authority.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6f0b89 history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c6f0b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">2011<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Sharjah Government Media Bureau.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0fa4c history-box elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"3c0fa4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">2016<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Sharjah has earned the title of the capital of Arab journalism.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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