Shaikh Sultan Bin Ahmad Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Corporation

Shaikh Sultan was honoured for the organisation’s educational and cultural contributions over decades since its establishment.

“Sharjah has always been the capital of culture, education and science, and today we feel very proud for being honoured for our overall efforts and contributions to programmes and content at the network that promote all of those ideals.

“We really want to lead by example among other Arab countries in promoting reading among all societies and not just the UAE. One of the programmes we were awarded for is ‘Fi Hadret Al Kitab’ — (in the presence of the book), which hosts book writers and novelists, who talk about the books they have written and published.”