Hamad bin Sarai
Emirati historian and researcher
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Name in Arabic:
حمد بن صراي
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Date of Birth:
1963
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63 Year)
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates , United Arab Emirates
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Emirati historian and researcher.
He is the Director of the Deanship of Libraries at the United Arab Emirates University , and an Associate Professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the same university.
He served as Cultural Advisor to the Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah , Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi , and Editor-in-Chief of “Bisht Al Funun Magazine”. He also held several positions in the “GCC History and Archaeology Society”, including: Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2009 and 2012, Treasurer between 2005 and 2009, and Secretary of External Relations between 2002 and 2005.
He has more than 30 published books, including: “Maryam Juma Faraj Sidrat Al-Sarād Al-Emirāṭī, Nāṭharat Al-Khair, and Bṭharat Al-Taymūz” in 2021, “The Palmyrenes in the Vast Horizons” in 2018, “The Deities of the Arabs before Islam through Personal Names” in 2017, “The Arabian Gulf Region from the Third Century BC to the First and Second Centuries AD” in 2000, and “The Ancient History of the Arabian Peninsula” in 1999.
He won the “Best Emirati Book Award” for his book “Camels in the Ancient Near East and the Arabian Peninsula” from the “Sharjah International Book Fair” in 2012.
He holds a PhD in History in 1993 from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, a Master’s degree from the same university, and a Bachelor’s degree in History from the United Arab Emirates University.
He is the Director of the Deanship of Libraries at the United Arab Emirates University , and an Associate Professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the same university.
He served as Cultural Advisor to the Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah , Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi , and Editor-in-Chief of “Bisht Al Funun Magazine”. He also held several positions in the “GCC History and Archaeology Society”, including: Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2009 and 2012, Treasurer between 2005 and 2009, and Secretary of External Relations between 2002 and 2005.
He has more than 30 published books, including: “Maryam Juma Faraj Sidrat Al-Sarād Al-Emirāṭī, Nāṭharat Al-Khair, and Bṭharat Al-Taymūz” in 2021, “The Palmyrenes in the Vast Horizons” in 2018, “The Deities of the Arabs before Islam through Personal Names” in 2017, “The Arabian Gulf Region from the Third Century BC to the First and Second Centuries AD” in 2000, and “The Ancient History of the Arabian Peninsula” in 1999.
He won the “Best Emirati Book Award” for his book “Camels in the Ancient Near East and the Arabian Peninsula” from the “Sharjah International Book Fair” in 2012.
He holds a PhD in History in 1993 from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, a Master’s degree from the same university, and a Bachelor’s degree in History from the United Arab Emirates University.
