Shairi, Ras Al Khaimah is recorded in this encyclopedia from the source named below.
Overview
Shairi (Arabic: ديرة الشعيري, romanized: Sha'īrī) is a small agricultural and livestock town, located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in the Hajar Mountains, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The town extends along a small plateau, approximately at an altitude of 810 m (2,660 ft), divided into two areas by a tributary ravine of the Wadi Samarat (also known as Wādī Khalkhāl), which follows its course from southeast to northwest. The western area of Shairi overlooks the hydrographic subbasin of the Wadi Madnan / Wādī Midnān, a tributary of the Wadi Naqab, very popular among canyoning and rock climbing fans, as it contains a deep canyon known such as Kirithon Canyon. The eastern area dominates the course of Wadi Samarat from the top of the cliff. The town has about 40 houses, most of them renovated in a traditional style, and used as secondary housing for its inhabitants. Although there are also permanent residents, who carry out construction tasks and are mainly responsible for caring for the goats and maintaining the cultivation areas. There are also numerous terraces intended for the cultivation of wheat and barley, several tanks, and small canals intended to collect runoff water and direct it towards cisterns and cultivation areas. Two kilometres southeast of Shairi is the neighboring village of Samarat. Shairi can only be accessed by walking or with donkeys, for which there is a path or donkey trail that starts from Wadi Naqab, at the mouth of Wadi Madnan, and follows the course of Wadi Samarat towards the southeast for approximately 1.2 km (0.75 mi), until the fork with the canal that forms on the right an arm of the Wadi Samarat, which descends in a steep slope from the village of Shairi. On the partially stepped climb towards the village, the path passes through a popular cave (Wadi Samarat Cave), and a few meters later it forks.
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Editorial note
This record is a sourced summary, not original research. Where the underlying material is silent on a point, this article is silent too. Last reviewed 2026-09-23.