{
  "id": 13109930,
  "title": "Sharjah Ruler grants scholarship to student after mother’s live radio appeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/sharjah-ruler-grants-scholarship-to-student-after-mothers-live-radio",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:29:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/education/sharjah-ruler-grants-scholarship-to-student-after-mothers-live-radio-appeal-1.500704555"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a remarkable turn of events, a mother's live radio appeal to the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority led to a swift intervention from the Ruler of Sharjah. During an episode of Direct Line, the radio programme hosted by Mohammed Khalaf, the student's mother, Umm Maryam, urgently sought financial assistance for her daughter's remaining university education. Umm Maryam revealed that their daughter, an Emirati citizen married to a Kuwaiti man, had been studying at the University of Sharjah under an educational sponsorship. However, the sponsorship ended when their husband's citizenship was withdrawn, leaving the family uncertain about completing the final year and a half of their daughter's degree.\n\nJust as Umm Maryam was about to detail the situation further, host Mohammed Khalaf announced that His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, had already taken action on the matter. The Ruler promptly issued a directive to grant the student a University of Sharjah scholarship for the remaining eighteen months of her studies. This unexpected and generous gesture ensured that the young woman could complete her degree without financial hardship.",
  "summary": "Sharjah: A mother who called a live radio programme seeking help for her daughter’s university education was told, before she could finish explaining her predicament, that the Ruler of Sharjah had already intervened. His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, directed that the student be granted a scholarship at the University of Sharjah to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}