Mohammed Al-Sharekh (Arabic: محمد الشارخ; 1942 – 6 March 2024) was a Kuwaiti businessman and author, who was the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Sakhr Software Company.
[9] In 1980, he founded AlAlamiah Group with headquarters in Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and established Sakhr Software Company as a project to introduce the Arabic language into computers in 1982.
[9] In 1982, Al-Sharekh established Sakhr Software Company as a Kuwaiti subsidiary of AlAlamiah Group, which moved its headquarters to Cairo during the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
The film aims to celebrate Al-Sharekh's significant contributions to Arabic computing and technology, highlighting his legacy in a region where most software was originally designed for English speakers.
[28] During his tenure, Sakhr Software Company obtained three patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Al-Sharekh had many private holdings that consisted of paintings from Arabian and Egyptian art by several well-known Arab and non-Arab artists; according to the Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Jarida, his art collection is sufficient to establish a private museum.