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A poet on Abdullah Al Tai and Abu Muslim Al Bahlani

Awad Al LuwaihiOnly a few years separated the birth of the poet Abdullah al Tai in 1924 from the death of the poet Abu Muslem al Bahlani in 1920. Yet from the earliest stages of Al Tai’s engagement with Omani literary...

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World's second largest diamond awaits home

A woman holds the "Motswedi" a 2,488-carat rough diamond, the second largest in the world, at the HB Antwerp diamond company headquarters in Antwerp, on September 22, 2025. Found using X-ray transmission technology, the Motswedi which means in Setswana, "water spring or flow of underground water", was unearthed in Botswana痴 Karowe Mine, in August 2024. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)

Bayeux Tapestry leaves museum for first time since 1983 before UK loan

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Following the Sounds of Arabic to Rediscover Paris

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Viking ships make final high-risk voyage to new Oslo home

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‘Strangest’ dinosaur covered in spiked armoury: scientists

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Bison herds 'reawaken' Yellowstone's prairies

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Denmark unveils smiling figurine thought to be Viking 'portrait'

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Unpublished Dickens sketches go on display for first time in London

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New dino species discovered with 'eye-catching sail' along its back

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How Musandam’s Al Jeriz Continues to Bind Generations Together

How Musandam’s Al Jeriz Continues to Bind Generations Together

How Traditional Oman’s Urban Design Offers Lessons for Modern Cities

How Traditional Oman’s Urban Design Offers Lessons for Modern Cities

An artisan weaver’s mission to sustain and elevate local craft

An artisan weaver’s mission to sustain and elevate local craft

After DJs and raves, Saudi pushes home-grown culture

After DJs and raves, Saudi pushes home-grown culture

Fossil Shows a Sharp-Toothed Mammal That Thrived Among Dinosaurs

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Scientists find possible artefacts of oldest known Wallacean hominids in Indonesia

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