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Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (Arabic: شيخ شريف شيخ أحمد), born in 1964, is a Somali politician and religious leader who served as the seventh President of Somalia from 2009 to 2012.
Sharif Street
Sharif Street is an American politician and attorney who serves as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate, representing Philadelphia's 3rd district since his 2016 election.
Sharifate of Mecca
The Sharifate of Mecca (إمارة مكة) was the hereditary emirate of Mecca, ruled for nearly a millennium by Hasanid sharifs until the Saudi conquest ended it in 1925.
Sharife Cooper
Sharife Cooper (born 2001, Newark, NJ) is an NBA point guard, Washington Wizards; Auburn one season, 2021 Hawks second-round pick (48th), G League standout.
Sharifian Army
The Sharifian Army (جيش الثورة العربية), or Arab Army, was the Arab force of the Great Arab Revolt, raised in 1916 by Sharif Husayn of Mecca.
Sharifian Solution
The Sharifian (Sherifian) Solution was Britain's post-Ottoman Middle East policy, devised by Churchill after the 1921 Cairo Conference, placing the Hashemites: Faisal as king of Iraq and Abdullah as Amir of Transjordan.
Sharing economy
The sharing economy, or peer-to-peer economy, is a system where online platforms let people rent temporary access to goods and services, as with Uber and Airbnb.
Sharingain Longkümer
Sharingain Longkümer is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, elected from Aonglenden in 2019 and serving two terms as Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.
Sharion Aycock
Sharion Aycock (born 1955) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
Sharjah (district)
Sharjah (الشارقة) is the second-order administrative district (ADM2) centered on Sharjah City within the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE; GeoNames id 12060400, population 1,324,473, holding 91% of the emirate's residents.
Sharjah (الشارقة)
Sharjah (الشارقة), the UAE's third-largest emirate, is a cultural capital ruled by Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, with a UNESCO-listed historic port, 2.1 million people, and a diversified industrial economy.
Sharjah Aquarium
Sharjah Aquarium, opened 16 June 2008 in Al Khan, Sharjah, is the UAE's first and largest government-run marine education center: 20 tanks, 1.8 million liters, 150+ Arabian Gulf species, turtle and seahorse programs, joint ticket with the Maritime Museum.
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE ground built in 1982 by Abdul Rahman Bukhatir; first internationals 1984 Asia Cup; Guinness record 255 ODIs and 300+ internationals; Miandad's 1986 last-ball six.
Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority
Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA; Arabic: هيئة كهرباء ومياه الشارقة) is the government utility of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, supplying electricity, desalinated water, and piped natural gas.
Sharjah FC
Sharjah FC (نادي الشارقة), also Al-Sharjah Sports and Culture Club, is a UAE Pro League football club founded 1966 as Al-Orouba, merged with Al Khaleej 1974; six league titles and 2025 AFC Champions League Two winners.
Sharjah International Airport (مطار الشارقة الدولي)
Sharjah International Airport (مطار الشارقة الدولي) is the international airport of Sharjah in the UAE, opened in 1977 and the main hub of Air Arabia.
Sharjah National Oil Corporation
The Sharjah National Oil Corporation, also known as SNOC, is the government-owned oil and gas company of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Shark
Shark: cartilaginous elasmobranch fish (with rays and skates) found in all seas, from 455-million-year-old origins to the 12.2 m whale shark; over one-third of species are threatened, mainly by overfishing and the fin trade.
Shark aquarium
Shark aquarium: public aquarium exhibits keeping sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes) for display, education, breeding, and research; sourced largely by wild collection, with welfare scores above 70/84 and growing conservation roles.
Shark attack
Shark attack: a shark biting or bumping a human, also called shark bite or incident. Rare; ISAF counted 65 unprovoked bites and 9 unprovoked fatalities worldwide in 2025, mostly near shore in the US and Australia.
Shark Bay
Shark Bay (Gathaagudu), Western Australia: a 2.2-million-hectare World Heritage embayment with the world's largest seagrass beds, about 11,000 dugongs, Hamelin Pool stromatolites, and Dirk Hartog's 1616 landing site.
Shark fin soup
Shark fin soup: Chinese banquet delicacy of dried shark fin (鱼翅) in broth, prized for texture not taste; drives a fin trade killing tens of millions of sharks yearly, now restricted by CITES, US, EU and UK bans.
Shark finning
Shark finning: cutting off shark fins and discarding the carcass at sea, driven by the fin trade for shark fin soup. Up to 73 million sharks affected yearly; regulated by finning bans, fins-naturally-attached policies, and CITES trade listings.
Shark Night
Shark Night, marketed as Shark Night 3D, is a 2011 American horror film directed by David R. Ellis, about college students attacked by sharks in a Louisiana lake.
Shark Pool
Shark Pool names several things: the top-seeded pool in USA Fencing's second-round pool format, aquarium and ocean-bath pools holding live sharks (Jack Evans' Snapper Rocks pool, 1956-1986), a pool-equipment manufacturer, and a villain death-trap trope.
Shark School
Shark School (Cápasuli) is the Budapest Zoo's marine shark and ray exhibit, opened 13 December 2018, with a main tank over 750,000 liters and five shark species; the name is also used for shark education programs at other aquaria and a Bahamas diver course.
Shark Tale
Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy from DreamWorks, set underwater, where a small fish named Oscar fakes a reputation as a shark killer.
Shark Tale (soundtrack)
Shark Tale (Motion Picture Soundtrack), the 2004 DreamWorks Records album for the animated film, released September 21, 2004: 12 pop, R&B, and rap songs plus one Hans Zimmer score track, led by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott's "Car Wash" remake, which was still absent from streaming in 2025.
Shark Tank
Shark Tank, the ABC reality series premiered August 2009, has entrepreneurs pitch to investor Sharks based on Japan's Dragons' Den format; notable for Mark Cuban, Kevin O'Leary, on-air deals that often fail to close, and about 50 international format versions.
Shark Tank (Australian TV series)
Shark Tank Australia, also called Shark Tank (Australian TV series), is Network 10's Dragons' Den-format pitch show: four seasons 2015-2018, cancelled for 2019, revived August 2023 with new sharks including Sabri Suby and Robert Herjavec.