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[gallery type="slideshow" ids="649770,649769,649768"] It is weird, I know, but it is almost as if, on the ferry across to Masirah Island, you lose the awareness that there will be camels on the...

NIZWA, Dec 26 - Izki Wali, Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Ali al Busaidy, visited one of the local agricultural properties farmed by local businessman, farmer, and entrepreneur Ishaq bin Yousuf...

You all know colloquialisms, and idiomatic expressions, even if you do not know or understand much of them. They can be, perhaps, defined as, “A word or phrase that has a figurative meaning, is not...

You desire to indulge yourself, but rarely have the time. You, quite rightly, love to be pampered, and to enjoy the best of good things. You may be a greatly appreciated Mom, a young mother, juggling...

“When vultures surround you,” says an African proverb, “try not to die.” The Egyptian Vulture (Neophron Percnopterus) has a somewhat checkered reputation, which is surely attributed to its...

I honestly thought someone was pulling a gigantic stunt last week when it was announced that breakdancing will debut as an Olympic sport in Paris, in 2024. The International Olympic Committee has...

Muscat, Dec 14 - It appears within much of the community that the threat of COVID-19 is a thing of the past, given the clear lack of respect for social distancing and masking precautions evidenced...

Around half of all the new cars sold in any given year, are sold to companies for use as company vehicles, and I dunno about you, but that’s something I’ve always found more than slightly...

PHOTOS BY LENA PETERSEN The stunning authentic and organic nature of the Misfat Al Abriyeen tourist experience is what sets it apart from so many other tourist destinations in the Sultanate is in the...

Recent celebrations in respect of the achievements of women in the Sultanate have been well-presented, well-received, and offered due praise, respect, and acknowledgement. However, often such events...

Photos by Lena Petersen Right now, I’m suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I cannot go near the sea or the beach, and I am suffering for it. It is the fresh salty air, the ubiquitous sea breeze,...

I lay in bed last night, and from nowhere came the thought… “What if COVID-19 doesn’t end in the New Year?” I don’t know about you, but I have had this vision of COVID-19 becoming no more...

November 18 has always proven a special day for me, and even more since arriving in Oman during 2009. It is really quite something to think that you are sharing your birthday with that of a nation. Of...

What a wonderful thing is knowledge, and while the Sultanate is absolutely and correctly celebrating the launch of its very first laptop, the Onsor, this month, and the public debut of several new...

The word culture is evident in many conversations today, but is often, in its purest sense, used incorrectly. Mostly, people are referring to the traditional identities of their country such as their...

PHOTOS BY LENA PETERSEN "The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are, and not be questioned,” said Maya Angelou, reaffirming that our safety and security lies at...

Life, living a ‘good’ life, and being true to one’s faith and heritage rely on neither money nor masculinity, either power or position, or a question of stature or station, but rather......

NIZWA, NOV 2 The recent public introduction to SHAFRA, a home genetic testing service for Arab societies everywhere, in equal measure awed and excited local investors recently as Chief Executive...

PHOTOS BY LENA PETERSEN   You have all heard of the Bahla ‘magic.’ Well, now Izki has it own ‘green magic’ in the form of Ishaq Al Saqri’s latest agricultural venture. Stretching far...

Very few teachers, lecturers or students are at ease in this current COVID-19 educational environment. It is quite simply, only a sticking plaster, for a savagely beaten, bruised, and somewhat...