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The Sultanate of Oman has come so far in such a short time, with the government of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik responding enthusiastically to social needs, recognising the necessity for...

Are you a frequent or infrequent flyer? It is the one single environment where the gulf between the ‘haves,’ and ‘have nots,’ is never more evident.The contemporary Business or First-Class...

Are we, all of us, aware of the needs of those with special education needs and disabilities, within our communities and societies? Are we genuinely inclusive, supportive and actively caring enough?...

Well, here we are again, at the time of year that sparks our emotions like no other. For some, poignant, for others celebratory, but for us all, contemplative, as we ponder the challenges, as we...

It’s nearly here again, the ‘other’ great religious festival, of Christmas, which to many of the Islamic faith, is a confusing, sometimes contradictory, celebration, much less of faith.I’ve...

The Welsh born Third Earl of Russell, Bertrand Russell was much more than an aristocrat, born into wealth and privilege. He was a deeply intellectual student, a polymath, whose search for...

The untoward consequences of the global pandemic continue to haunt us. As adults, we have generally responded with the resilience that age and maturity offer us, and have managed to negotiate our way...

What is it about loss that hurts most? We lose not only who they are, what they are, their voice, their companionship, their reassurance... They are irreplaceable... and it hurts to lose them.What...

The education sector is accelerating, at breakneck pace, its focus on Mathematics, Science and Technology in catering to the research and development needs of future societies. Are we right to focus...

I’ve long been an advocate of the ‘80/20 rule.” Have you never heard of it? It refers to the concept that most things in life, can be attributed to any cause, complaint, or event, by way of an...

So, in the big, big news of this week, America has spoken. Republican Donald Trump’s victory against the Democrat’s late anointed candidate, Kamala Harris, is, despite most analyst’s...

Frenchman Didier Truchot has identified that, “In our world of rapid change, the need for reliable information to make confident decisions has never been greater,” so his company sets out to be...

The government, the public and the media rarely think alike, so it has been heartening to see the positive reaction to the recent State Audit Institution Report across the entire diversity of the...

Since time immemorial, art, in the form of paintings, has proven significantly more to societies than the decoration it offers. Aside from anything else, art has always polarised opinion. Just think...

It’s an absolute certainty that none of us, educators, educationalist, or parents, could have foreseen the effects of the global pandemic on pupil’s, now student’s, educational experiences, so...

I’m not certain that we, the ‘ordinary’ folk, the ‘men and women on the street’, the ‘working class’, the populace, the constituents, the ‘bourgeoisie’, the proletariat, the...

I’m not certain that we, the ‘ordinary’ folk, the ‘men and women on the street’, the ‘working class’, the populace, the constituents, the ‘bourgeoisie’, the proletariat, the...

Our mobiles, our cell phones. I can take or leave mine to be honest. But what about you? Are you a prisoner to your phone? Probably... that’s why they are called cell phones.I can hear some of you...

Thinking is over-rated! Well, that’s what I tell many of my English Language and English Literature students.It’s not as bad as it sounds though, as the otherwise blasé statement has a caveat. It...

It’s happened to all of us, hasn’t it? We’re doing something or nothing and get a wee bit distracted... then we forget what it was we were doing. Then, either we think, or someone says,...