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Muscat: Meet an Omani and an expatriate who are passionate about Arabic. Zaher al Salti teaches Omani dialect and culture while Nabeela Aslam Farshori, a writer, loves to learn Arabic. Both saw...

Lucia Oliva is an international eclectic contemporary artist from Italy resident in the Sultanate. During the first lockdown in April, she created her latest work and named it ‘In front of the open...

Muscat: Tourism experts predict a bright future for the tourism and hospitality industry in the Sultanate despite the impact from COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Angelo Battaglia, Head of Tourism and...

Muscat: It was love at first sight and she immediately fell for Masirah Island’s serene beauty. Amelia German, who hails from the UK’s Berkshire, first visited the Sultanate’s largest island in...

KHANJAR, the Omani symbol of bravery, finds a top spot at her elite residential home. The high-rise Phoenix Kessaku home in Bengaluru, India, also displays a variety of Omani arts bringing back...

Muscat: With the Coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, several international higher education institutions (HEIs) have announced plans to resume online classes for the fall...

MUSCAT: COVID-19 has undeniably struck the hospitality and tourism sectors the hardest. But experts say it is an opportunity to make these sectors more eco-friendly and sustainable. It will take a...

MUSCAT: Coronavirus lockdown had upended normal life in April- May. For researchers, however, lockdown provided many advantages, says a Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) academic. “Lockdown in fact...

MUSCAT: AXEL Carion is a record breaking French explorer. He specialises in extreme ultra distance cycling and the organisation of ultra-cycling self-supported races. He also inspires people through...

The thoughts of dancing palm fronds often transport Oksana Prozorova from Muscat to Salalah. The longing for the land of coconut palms finds shape and colour in this Russian-British artist’s...

MUSCAT: The COVID-19 outbreak opened up a new gateway of creativity for an English literature lecturer based in Muscat. As an ELT professional, Divya Hariharan (pictured) adapted quickly to the...

MUSCAT: A nine-member research team from Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Medical Research Centre, Sultan Qaboos University (MRC-SQU) and Taqat LLC, an Omani company, are collaborating to...

MUSCAT: TawseelOnline and Catseye Systems and Solutions Pvt Ltd have come together to launch a unique hyperlocal e-commerce and logistics ecosystem for the Sultanate and the whole of GCC region. This...

Coronavirus lockdown was a great learning experience for Zahra Lee, a flow artist and Kevin Watson, a business development manager. Calling herself a ‘light and fire fairy’, Zahra performs with...

A Muscat-based artist has been included in the Global Art project for Sherlock Holmes. Gailani Ibrahim, a self-taught contemporary artist of Iraqi decent living in Muscat, was chosen one of the 13...

Muscat: The Sultanate’s coral reefs are in the peak of glory after three months of human pause thanks to lockdown. Extra Divers Qantab is abuzz as divers return to find plenty of Dendrodoris...

This is the story of how four inspired photographs transformed Duqm after a divine encounter with a ‘pile of rocks’. Peter Farrington, a Canadian photographer-cum-painter and a resident of the...

MUSCAT: Small companies are most vulnerable during an economic crisis, in part because they have fewer resources with which to adapt to a changing context. According to the data provided by the...

One night, a stargazing couple saw a falling star which inspired the Italian art duo to create a remake of a worldwide famous Italian song. This was the best moment for Lucia Oliva to launch a...

MUSCAT: As the airports in the Sultanate get ready to serve the passengers with a phased opening, Oman Airports has come out with an airport start-up plan which includes the journey mapping...