Abdullah Al-Sharhan
Emirati artist, author and entrepreneur
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Name in Arabic:
عبداللَّه الشرهان
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Abdullah Al-Sharhan's Bio
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An Emirati artist, author and entrepreneur. He is the founder and owner of Ajyal Company since May 2009, and the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Higher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones since April 2017. He held the position of Creative Director at Bidaya Media Establishment , where he supervised the series “Open Sesame”. He also worked at Thuraya Telecommunications Company as an employee in communications and employee relations between 2007 and 2009, in addition to his work in the marketing department between 2004 and 2007. He began his career as an editor for children’s pages and published his first series of comics “Baraha” in “Al Khaleej” newspaper in 2013, followed by the series “Our Children”. He wrote and illustrated several children's books such as "The Escaped Louse", "I am Free", "My Lost Name", and "The Story of a Book". He also held his first solo exhibition at the United Arab Emirates University during his university studies. He participated in many university exhibitions and festivals in the Gulf countries, and judged many awards, including: "Etisalat Award for Children's Books" and "Sharjah International Children's Film Festival". He won the silver and then gold medals at the "Kanagawa Biennale" in Japan, and won second place in the "Microsoft Computer Creativity Competition", in addition to second place in the Arab Universities Biennale. He was nominated by the US government as an Emirati delegate for the International Visitor Leadership Program "Preserving Cultural Heritage". He holds a Master's degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership in 2015 from " Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University ", in addition to a Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems in 2003 from "United Arab Emirates University".




