[1] Born in Sharjah in 1948 and educated in Sharjah and Kuwait, Abdullah Omran Taryam received a Bachelor's degree in history from the University of Cairo in 1966, then completed his doctorate in modern history at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom in 1986.
This was followed on 19 October 1970 with the launch of Al Khaleej, the first newspaper in what was then the Trucial State of Sharjah.
[3] On 15 April 1996, the brothers subsequently launched the English language national daily Gulf Today.
[5][6] Together with his brother, he was part of the team that negotiated the establishment of the union of the United Arab Emirates, which became independent on 2 December 1971.
Together with his brother, Abdullah developed Dar Al Khaleej's stable of titles to include two newspapers, two weekly and two monthly magazines.