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NIZWA: Culture competitions of Al Dakhiliyah and Al Wusta governorates concluded at Nizwa Cultural Centre recently.The ceremony was under the auspices of Ahmed bin Salim al Hajri, Director-General of...

Nizwa: With an aim to curb alarming increase in the number of divorces in Oman, the Ministry of Social Development is organising several premarital counselling workshops across the country to educate...

NIZWA: The Department of Culture, Sports and Youth in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate, represented by the Cultural Creations Team, recently celebrated the conclusion of the cultural creativity competition...

Al Jabal Al Akhdhar: Via ferrata, which in Italian means iron path, is somewhere between hiking and rock climbing. A via ferrata route is a metal rail bolted into the mountain, that you clip into and...

NIZWA: The youth dialogue session for 2023 was held at the Nizwa Cultural Centre last week in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate under the slogan 'youth at the core of our interest.'The dialogue session was...

More than 3,000 volunteers came together to clean up various areas of the wilayat recently. These volunteers were from Nizwa Club, Nizwa Charitable Team, Nizwa Healthy Lifestyles Project and the...

Al Dakhiliyah Governorate honoured the participants of '2022 People of Al Dakhiliyah Initiatives' project, which appreciates their efforts and contribution to enriching the governorate with the best...

NIZWA: A theatre competition was held in Nizwa Culture Centre to select troupes to represent Al Dakhiliyah and Al Wusta governorates.Izki Club won first place, Bahla Club second, and Nizwa Third in...

Abraj Energy Services held an informative session to highlight the Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the branch of Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) in Nizwa on Thursday.Saif bin Nasser al...

A meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Office of the Governor of AlDakhiliyah on Tuesday.Shaikh Hilal bin Said al Hajri, Governor of Al Dakhiliyah and Chairmanof the Municipal Council,...

NIZWA: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism and Al Dakhiliyah Governorate will launch the governorate-level activities for Al Dakhiliyah Festival 2023 on Thursday.The festival includes several...

Nizwa: The Directorate-General of Education in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate represented the Sultanate of Oman in the Gulf Arts Festival in Kuwait. A team from different schools took part in the play...

The fifteenth international karate training course, organised by the Karate Academy in the Sultanate of Oman in cooperation with the Nizwa Club, concluded recently.The course was held from February 9...

Nizwa: A workshop titled 'Reading skill' held in Nizwa focused on inculcating reading habits among students.The Creativity Center for Culture and Innovation organised the workshop in cooperation with...

NIZWA: A swimming course for children has been launched at the Nizwa Sports Complex, under the supervision of swimming coach Ayman Mohammed. The course is being implemented for the eighth time as part...

Residents of Oman's Wilayat Al Hamra were treated to a rare sight this week when a snowfall blanketed the region's highest peak, Jabal Shams. Standing at 3,000 metres above sea level, the mountain,...

NIZWA: Irrational use of water is causing groundwater depletion. The situation in some areas has assumed an alarming proportion.Jumah School for Basic Education has a dedicated team called 'Belonging...

NIZWA: Al Dakhiliyah Governorate elected 18 candidates to the municipal council elections from about 85 who contested. Fifteen were from Nizwa, 14 from Bahla, five from Manah, six are from Al Hamra,...

NIZWA: The Directorate General of Education in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate celebrated the International Day of the Arabic Language, which falls on December 18 of each year, under the slogan (The...

NIZWA, DEC 18Shaikh Hilal bin Said al Hajri, Governor of Al Dakhiliyah, met with the technical team of National Employment Programme (NEP) in his office last week.During the meeting, a memorandum of...