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As the World Cup in Soccer is all set to be inaugurated in Doha, Qatar, there is an anticipation of a month-long festivity filled with action, excitement, disappointment and surprise.The world cup was...

The just concluded Muscat Marathon may have separated the wheat from the chaff of professional or serious runners, but just the fact that so many people participated goes to show the popularity of...

As the 8th Oman Date Palm Festival is being celebrated at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, it is an apt moment to consider the importance of preserving intangible cultural artifacts which...

The ongoing Aga Khan Awards ceremony being hosted by Oman brings focus on the need to encourage and dwell on the study of living cultures in an age which is being rapidly being taken over by virtual...

The recent celebration of Omani Women’s Day was especially precious as two major awards were won by Omani women, one in science and the other in literature.Sumaya bint Said al Siyabiyah bagged the...

As the World Mental Health Day was observed on October 10, there has been a sustained interest in understanding causes and cures, or at least ways of coping with one’s psychological well-being.As...

September 30 is celebrated as International Translation Day and this is a good opportunity to reflect on the status and condition of translation today.With technology, translation has got a massive...

As the pandemic and subsequent lockdown proved, humans are amazingly adjustable beings.Who can forget how quickly schools and colleges moved from physical classrooms to virtual ones in many parts of...

Parents and teachers are often frustrated when they teach the same content to different children and are amazed that they all respond differently.After all, teachers seem to think, I am saying exactly...

Too much has been going on in the world this week to recognise and mark World Literacy Day.As politics, inflation and climate change disasters grab our attention, we tend to devote less time to...

As thousands of children head towards their schools in Oman this week, some are excited, prancing to the school gates in anticipation while others will be less enthusiastic, maybe wistfully looking...

The old saying ‘two is a company and three is a crowd’ is not relevant these days when collaboration is a by word at every level of education and across professions.Not only does collaboration...

As the summer break draws to a close and children get ready to dust old school bags back into shape, it is a good time to take a step back and think of how the summer went by, what the takeaways are,...

August 19 is celebrated as World Photography Day and this is a good reason to revisit the power of photography and its capacity to reflect, opine and even change our world.It is said that a picture is...

The World Economic Forum stated in a report of 2021 that 25 per cent of all employed will have to reskill by 2025 to be suited for emerging technologies and automation. This means that the training...

We are all familiar with the old saying that children learn better by doing than listening. It is no surprise then that Project Based Learning is fast becoming one of the most effective ways of...

The recent climactic developments all over the world, unfortunately, led to irreplaceable suffering and loss for families who were effected by death and personal injury during adverse weather...

As the summer holidays stretch on and families settle down after the hectic Eid break in Oman, parents and caregivers are possibly wondering how to keep children occupied in the long summer days. The...

July and August is the season of fresh graduates, looking forward to facing a brave new world of economic independence and a fresh set of challenges, away from the comfort of high schools and...

As the khareef season begins in Salalah and tourists throng to this monsoon treasure, it leaves many others wishing they could travel but cannot, for various reasons.Whether there are health concerns,...