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Today’s world has taken on new concepts like ‘social distancing’ and ‘lockdown’ due to the coronavirus pandemic. How well are we dressing up, and what are people choosing to wear? Do people...

@cherianmathiker Fascinated by the night sky and the possibility of viewing distant galaxies, Hilmi Saleh al Kindy’s hobby as an astronomer dates back about 16 years. His passion for...

GERMAN by birth but Omani by heart. That’s Melanie Hunger, a tourism entrepreneur who was featured by Bild der Frau, Germany’s largest women’s magazine. Monika Kaussen, Editor at Bild der Frau,...

PIETRO Palummieri is a sculptor and painter of Apulian origin from southern Italy. A resident of Maruggio in the province of Taranto, he captures his primary inspiration from the local territory to...

[gallery type="rectangular" columns="7" ids="664424,664423,664422,664421,664420,664419,664418"] “Bandar Khayran by sunset is a must-see. The lighting is just spectacular and certainly a sight to...

THE Omani women hold a strong presence in the social and economic fragment of the country. They are modern yet rooted in the culture of their own. Against the backdrop of the International Women’s...

[gallery type="circle" columns="4" ids="661974,661973,661972,661971"] A Czech explorer with a passion for adventure travel, archaeology and photography has fond memories of the Sultanate. Roman...

Leading military charity, Walking With The Wounded (WWTW), has announced the delay of its upcoming desert expedition, The Grenadier Walk of Oman, to autumn. The organisers are now aiming to hold the...

HAVE you heard of huge elephantine like trees looking like they are growing upside down with its roots on top? When Plakhotnikova Yulia, a Russian first came to Salalah in 2008, one of her main task...

Samiya Syed, a 7th-grade student at Indian School Darsait, finished her first phase of ‘Python coding’ under Arcomm’s Brainobrain in the Sultanate. Coding is a way to communicate with computers...

IT was sheer courage from a Zurich-based journalist and researcher that led her to launch ‘Window Talks’, a documentary blog project, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Helene Aecherli was not to be...

…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” Vincent Willem van Gogh This quote from a Dutch post-impressionist painter, one of the most famous and...

Muscat: World-renowned spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will conduct ‘Way Forward 2021’ Online MasterClass on February 12 for people of the Middle East. Considered as one of the...

[caption id="attachment_656454" align="alignright" width="175"] Dr Monica Mergiu[/caption] Dr Monica Mergiu is a German dentist based in Munich. Also she is a multi-faceted writer and a member of the...

A unique and one of its kind plant nursery has come up in Al Batinah North Governorate. They are the pioneers in live ornamental and flowering plants and fruits in the Sultanate. Valley Bee...

[gallery type="slideshow" ids="653612,653611,653610,653609,653608,653607,653606,653605,653604"] ART and orthodontics seems to have a common factor for a dentist with a resolute affinity towards nail...

[gallery type="slideshow" columns="5" ids="652302,652301,652300,652299,652298"] As birdwatching spots are on the wane in a city like Muscat, many bird enthusiasts are finding it difficult to spot new...

[gallery type="slideshow" ids="650922,650913,650914,650919"] THE Bagyura couple from the US were residents in the Sultanate from August 2008 through July 2011. Stefan Bagyura, the then Deputy Chief...

COVID-19 presented one of the most challenging times for the hospitality industry in recent history. This caused paralysis of global economies with travel and tourism being the hardest...

[caption id="attachment_650359" align="alignleft" width="219"] Khamis al Asni[/caption] OMAN’S long history follows a rich archaeological record. Now, the archaeologists are trying to reveal the...