Sharjah 24: "Sharjah 24" discusses Emirati heritage crafts through the programme "Crafts of Forefathers", which is shown on Mondays and Thursdays of every week throughout the holy month, over the course of 8 episodes.
Ali Al Abdan, Director of the Artistic Heritage Department at the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, revealed that fish is very important for countries that lie on the sea coast, and fishing may not always be possible because of the winds, as is the case in the country due to the northern winds, indicating that this prompted the manufacture of dried fish, the most important of which Al Maleh to prepare it for the winter period.
He indicated, during the fifth episode of the programme, that Al Maleh consists of two main types: Al Ghubab and Al Kanaad. It is salted with Salafah, which is a large piece of salt that is much tastier than industrial salt, explaining that the fish is placed in the Burma or Khuss, which are two pots made of red clay, and locked with a rock from the rocks of the mountain, for a period of two or three months.
He added that there is another method called Al Yubil, which is a type of small fish that is dried, salted, and hung to dry, as is the case in Al Awaal, in addition to Al Dakhim, which is a small fish that is hung from its eyes on the top of houses, away from cats.
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