Today, Wednesday, Kuwaiti businessman Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sharekh passed away, leaving a legacy full of achievements in the field of information technology, as he was the pioneer in introducing the Arabic language into the world of computers, and the founder of the Sakhr Computer Family.

The late Sheikh founded the computer software company “Sakhr”, through which he managed to develop revolutionary technologies such as automatic readers, automatic translation and automatic speech, which created a qualitative change in the use of computers in the Arab world.

The General Secretariat of the Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature mourned the deceased, expressing its sincere condolences to his family and loved ones, stressing that his passing represents a great loss for Kuwait and the Arab world.

Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sharekh was born in 1942 and studied electrical engineering at Cairo University before devoting himself full-time to working in the field of information technology. The late Sheikh received many awards and honours in recognition of his achievements, including the “Arab Personality of the Year” award in the field of information technology in 2008.

Sheikh Mohammed Al Sharekh left a clear mark on the history of information technology in the Arab world and his legacy will remain immortal in the memory of future generations.

Ranks of Sheikh Muhammad Al-Sharekh

Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Sharekh was born in 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Cairo University in 1965. He also earned a master's degree in economic development from Williams College in Massachusetts.

Al-Sharekh is responsible for founding the computer software company “Sakhr” in 1982 and was the first to introduce the Arabic language to computers. Thanks to this, we got the famous Sakhr family computer, with which many gamers have golden memories, so to speak.

His company, Sakhr, has been granted three patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office: optical character recognition (OCR), machine translation from Arabic to English, and Arabic pronunciation.

Al-Sharekh worked on developing many educational, educational and programming programs, the number of which exceeded 90 programs, publishing books on computer education, training teachers and establishing computer programming teaching institutes.

Al-Sharekh achieved many accomplishments during his career, including the development of the Holy Quran program and the introduction of the nine hadith books in English on the computer in 1985.

With hearts full of sadness and sympathy, we at the VGA4A network extend our deepest condolences and sympathy to the Arab and Islamic nation, the brotherly state of Kuwait, and the family and relatives of the deceased.