Sharjah24: As part of its first week of summer activities under the motto "Here is Sharjah," Mleiha Sports Club paid a visit to the Khorfakkan Resistance Memorial on Sunday afternoon.
To honour the bravery and sacrifices of the inhabitants of Khorfakkan during the Portuguese invasion in 1507, the memorial was built following the directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.
The general coordinator of the summer activities and a member of the Mleiha Cultural and Sports Club Board of Directors, Nasser Al-Mahrazi, emphasised the significance of the visit and said that the participants learned a lot about the Emirate of Sharjah and its history.