author - oman observer

I've begun to think that medical schools should have two graduation ceremonies. One is for medicine. The other is for 'Putting Patients at Ease 101.' The first earns you a licence to...

Some places behave as if they have opinions. You arrive expecting walls, paths and a bit of history and suddenly you become more careful with your steps, listen more closely and act as if the place...

The last biscuit lives a very confusing life. At first, everything looks perfectly normal. Biscuits disappear one after another, exactly as biscuits expect them to. The chocolate ones barely have...

Every family seems to have one. The uncle who signs birthday cards with his left hand. The cousin who somehow manages to write across a page without smearing half the ink. The child at school was...

People often assume that borders have always existed in their current form. A map makes that assumption feel reasonable. However, for much of history, places were understood through daily life rather...

Choose the right words, say them clearly, and people will understand you. Simple. Many of us think communication is mainly about words. Over the years, however, I have become less convinced, as some...

Take any family gathering and there is a good chance that, somewhere in the room, two people are not speaking to each other. Nobody can quite remember how it started. A comment was misunderstood....

We live in a strange time, one where phones rarely get forgotten, yet people often walk into a room and stand there, wondering why they came. A low battery now has the power to quietly spoil an...

The World Cup is almost here again, and with it comes one of the strangest transformations in modern life. Perfectly reasonable people suddenly become football experts. Family dinners are rearranged....

People love to blame fate. It has become the easiest escape button in life. A person forgets to do his work, then proudly says that destiny blocked his way. Another person repeats the same mistake...

I often find myself asking a simple question. Why do conversations about faith turn tense so quickly? When the conversation slows and people really listen, another picture begins to appear. It feels...

People love to blame fate. It has become the easiest escape button in life. A person forgets to do his work, then proudly says that destiny blocked his way. Another person repeats the same mistake...

For many, artificial intelligence is just a way to get things done faster and more easily. For me, it has become an unexpected mirror, always ready with quick and confident answers, even when no one...

Social protection is often reduced to a single question about how much money the government gives. Many people judge it by the size of a payment, while overlooking the wider systems that quietly...

Why do conversations about faith turn tense so quickly? One moment, people are talking calmly, and the next, they are defending who is right or wrong, and who owns the truth. How does that shift...

Social protection is often reduced to a single question about how much money the government gives. Many people judge it by the size of a payment, while overlooking the wider systems that quietly...

Babies laugh before they speak. We all notice it. We smile at the sound and enjoy the moment, often smiling as if we just heard the best joke of the day, even though we have no idea what it was about....

There is something reassuring about school because you usually know what matters. Someone tells you, it is written down, explained and helpfully repeated, and you know what you are expected to do. ...

A person hears a piece of music and, at the same time, sees a deep blue colour. Another reads a word and senses a light taste, as if flavour has entered the sentence. Someone else looks at a number...

Sometimes I forget that what I see feels obvious only because I have seen it for so long. Blue looks blue, a wall looks still, and light feels reliable, so the mind settles and moves on. End of story....