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Author: Ray Petersen

Columnists 

Sons, emulate your fathers, for fame and fortune

07/12/2019 Ray Petersen

Sons of Oman, don’t be passive and settle for okay. I challenge you to go out there and do things

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Weekend 

Bahrain Riders on Oman odyssey

06/12/2019 Ray Petersen

The ‘Bahrain Riders,’ a twenty-five strong group of motorcyclists from our Gulf neighbours made a welcome return visit to Nizwa,

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Local 

Nizwa College expo showcases students’ research skills

05/12/2019 Ray Petersen

The Business Studies Department (BSD) of the Nizwa College of Technology recently conducted a Research Poster Exhibition to showcase its

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Features 

From Germany, with love

03/12/2019 Ray Petersen

Paraphrasing James Bond, Torsten and Kirsten Rex are on vacation, and having the experience of their lives in a country

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Local 

Oman by UTMB a boost for healthy lifestyles, charity and children

01/12/2019 Ray Petersen

“The gun went off and hundreds of kids roared down the road towards me. I could’ve been trampled,” laughed Eoin

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Head stories 

Khatri makes Oman proud at endurance race

30/11/2019 Ray Petersen

Proud Irishman, IT professional, and enthusiastic endurance athlete, 51-year-old Eion Keith, beat back a strong challenge from Oman’s Hamdan al

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Columnists 

Tourism and tourists, must be embraced

30/11/2019 Ray Petersen

There must be a decent amount of fossil fuels in the Sultanate’s ‘catchment’ for now, and it will always be

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Front Stories Head stories 

Oman by UTMB: The start of ‘The Beast’

28/11/2019 Ray Petersen

NIZWA, Nov 28 – Oman’s most challenging ultra-distance race, the Oman by UTMB, over 170kms of the mountains, cliffs, tracks

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Columnists 

Challenges and disappointment an age of change

23/11/2019 Ray Petersen

There is an old African proverb that “Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors,” that somehow has more allusion to

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Features 

A young man following in great explorer’s footsteps

20/11/2019 Ray Petersen

The son of a farmer, and retired former Ministry of Agriculture official, young Ayoub al Oufi is cutting a little

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Columnists 

Oman by UTMB now a family opportunity: Get on board!

16/11/2019 Ray Petersen

It’s entirely appropriate that on the same day you can see blood, sweat and tears from the worlds elite ultra-athletes

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Features 

Everest conqueror Nadhira eyes new set of challenges in Jabal Akhdhar

16/11/2019 Ray Petersen

How do you top climbing Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain?” It’s a question no doubt asked numerous times, of

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Features 

A young Omani poet’s journey following Farahidi’s footsteps

12/11/2019 Ray Petersen Omani poet’s journey, poetry

Renowned for his piety and frugality, and the complexity of his phonological analysis of classical Arabic poetry, Al Khalil Ibn

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Features 

An Omani athlete’s mission of taming the ‘Beast’

10/11/2019 Ray Petersen

Oman’s own version of Indiana Jones, local adventure athlete Riyadh Al Hinai, is taking on a new challenge at the

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Columnists 

A kid on a merry-go-round she can’t get off!

09/11/2019 Ray Petersen

If I see that sixteen-year-old Scandinavian school-kid, Greta Thunberg, scowling at me from the pages of my morning newspapers again,

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Features 

Birkat al Mouz beckons coffee lovers

05/11/2019 Ray Petersen Birkat al Mouz, coffee lovers, Kawa Kava

Kawa Kava is a new name in the Omani hospitality sector, a modern coffee shop, visually appealing, styled in a

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Features 

Frankincense research in France beckons young Omani scientists

03/11/2019 Ray Petersen

From its reverence during ancient times, to its emergence as an essential perfumery, to becoming a potentially life-saving element in

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Columnists 

The Power of Positive Thinking: A light in the dark or an illusion?

02/11/2019 Ray Petersen

The power of positive thinking is supposed to be a panacea, or remedy for all ills. Well, it’s true according

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Columnists 

Teaching young teachers a privilege and an experience

26/10/2019 Ray Petersen

One of the great joys of my life, and my work, is to be able to pass on my knowledge

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Features 

Atana Stay: Creating decor and appeal linked to the authentic local environment

20/10/2019 Ray Petersen

The Oman Tourism Development company, Omran, the executive arm of the Sultanate’s tourism development continues to drive innovation, and the

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Columnists 

Politics becomes less palatable? No. Disappointed? Yes!

19/10/2019 Ray Petersen

Brexit with Boris Johnson, or Brexit without Boris Johnson, or no Brexit? It’s becoming seriously difficult to identify which has

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Editor’s Choice

Video: Oman has embraced modernization and progress
Editor's choice Local Main 

Video: Oman has embraced modernization and progress

19/11/2019 Oman Observer Comments Off on Video: Oman has embraced modernization and progress
Spotlight: Save the seas
Editor's choice Environment Main 

Spotlight: Save the seas

09/11/2019 Samuel Kutty Comments Off on Spotlight: Save the seas
Spotlight: A ‘Hybrid Transition’
Editor's choice Environment Local Spotlight 

Spotlight: A ‘Hybrid Transition’

02/11/2019 Vinod Nair Comments Off on Spotlight: A ‘Hybrid Transition’
Spotlight: Employers must implement weight control programme
Editor's choice Health Local 

Spotlight: Employers must implement weight control programme

16/10/2019 Mai Al Abri Comments Off on Spotlight: Employers must implement weight control programme
Spotlight: Save farms
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Spotlight: Save farms

13/10/2019 Zainab Al Nasseri Comments Off on Spotlight: Save farms
Spotlight: Print or online
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Spotlight: Print or online

06/10/2019 Mai Al Abri Comments Off on Spotlight: Print or online

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71pc Omanisation in MOH
Health Main Uncategorized 

71pc Omanisation in MOH

05/11/2019 Vinod Nair Comments Off on 71pc Omanisation in MOH
Spotlight: Beat burnout for better life
Health Local Main 

Spotlight: Beat burnout for better life

04/11/2019 Lakshmi Kothaneth Comments Off on Spotlight: Beat burnout for better life
Spotlight: Time to lose weight
Health Local Main 

Spotlight: Time to lose weight

29/10/2019 Lakshmi Kothaneth Comments Off on Spotlight: Time to lose weight
Insurance to be made mandatory for visitors
Health Main 

Insurance to be made mandatory for visitors

22/10/2019 Vinod Nair Comments Off on Insurance to be made mandatory for visitors
Spotlight: Employers must implement weight control programme
Editor's choice Health Local 

Spotlight: Employers must implement weight control programme

16/10/2019 Mai Al Abri Comments Off on Spotlight: Employers must implement weight control programme

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Austrian Handke and Pole Tokarczuk win Nobel prizes for literature
Books Main 

Austrian Handke and Pole Tokarczuk win Nobel prizes for literature

10/10/2019 Oman Observer Comments Off on Austrian Handke and Pole Tokarczuk win Nobel prizes for literature
Oman-based author launching haunting WWII themed book in Oman soon
Books Features 

Oman-based author launching haunting WWII themed book in Oman soon

27/03/2019 Kabeer Yousuf Comments Off on Oman-based author launching haunting WWII themed book in Oman soon
Book lovers throng fair
Books Head stories 

Book lovers throng fair

21/02/2019 Oman Observer Comments Off on Book lovers throng fair
HM the Sultan’s Adviser for Cultural Affairs Office at Book Fair
Books Local 

HM the Sultan’s Adviser for Cultural Affairs Office at Book Fair

21/02/2019 Oman Observer Comments Off on HM the Sultan’s Adviser for Cultural Affairs Office at Book Fair
Book vending machine draws crowds at MIBF
Books Local 

Book vending machine draws crowds at MIBF

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