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Although the pandemic has seemed like a ‘one step forward, two steps back’ situation wherever you are, the perspective is generally much more positive today than even a few months ago.Travelling...

Democracy, although it is philosophically and legally debated at length, and is a complex and debatable topic of discussion in those circles, can be quite clearly defined away from its conceptual...

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the societal landscape of the Sultanate is undergoing significant change, maybe as the Sultanate seeks to regain its own precise, unique place in the...

As an equality and diversity trainer, and cultural awareness presenter racism is certainly a red flag topic, but I want to express the opinion that I have always been uncomfortable with dictionary and...

By Baida Al Zadjali and Ray Petersen“The song has ended, but the melody lingers...” go the words of an old song, that echo of Pramod MarchOne’s kindness to stray animals. This extremely gentle...

What is the real message we should be sending the younger generations today? With all the wealth of our accumulated knowledge it surely can’t be along the lines of, “It’s a big world out there....

Congratulations to the Supreme Committee for taking the unpopular step of implementing a full lockdown, as it appears from the last two week’s statistics that cases of Covid-19 and fatalities have...

What a tumultuous week it has been with the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Olympic Games, New Zealand’s return to lockdown, and a rude awakening for sports men and women in a...

Photos by Yelena Glukhovtseva/University of Liverpool -Misfat Al Abriyeen is named after the ancestral inhabitants of the Al Abri family, and the perpetual running water from the falaj. What an...

The Sultanate needs a strong, effective health research environment. The global Covid-19 pandemic’s one positive outcome has been the recognition by smaller nations and economies, that medical...

Cargo transport, shipping, and freight costs for returning home expatriates that have gone ballistic, thus adding to the pain of the departure. Significant numbers of freight forwarders, shipping, and...

Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock, in Brownsville Tennessee, she is simply five foot nothing of ‘viva voce,’ of “life, given voice.” Born into a violent, loveless marriage, from which her...

Photos by Lena PetersenNo... It’s not mis-spelt, our Turkish Angora cat’s name is Persy. He is completely white, like the washing powder ‘Persil,’ and branded “whiter than white.”We...

I love... no, I like fridge magnets! No... not the ones with Dutch windmills, the UK’s Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty from the States, or the Egyptian pyramids, but those that have homespun...

Singer/songwriter Jason Mraz has written that in his experience, “anger and frustration are the result of not being authentic in your life, or with someone in your life,” contending further that...

I am reminded that not all expatriates in the Sultanate have been here for an extended period, so I was prompted to explain Eid, the celebration, and the observance, simply for all the ‘newbies’...

Pupil and student learning needs change, and what I now see as practical, would have been unthinkable to me ten, five, or even less, years ago, but the altered circumstances of the Sultanate, and my...

Alifa bint Dawood Khan is like a breath of fresh air, articulate, animated, and effervescent, yet socially responsible, modest, compassionate, as demonstrated in her recently created ‘Families in...

It has been said that the great thing about getting old, is that you do not lose all the other ages you have been, the trials and tribulations of those ages, the experiences and experience shared, and...

NIZWA: “Seeing patients struggle to breathe, isolated from their loved ones, and seeing the fear of the unknown in their eyes, is so debilitating,” said Dr Amin Paracha, an ER Physician at KIMS...