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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI
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FROM INVASION TO DEFEATnManifestations of the Portuguese occupation in Omani poetry

Poetry accompanied Oman throughout its long historical journey. Omani poets documented major events and preserved many of the defining moments that shaped the country across different eras. Omani cultural memory...

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Heart of gold

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The fast-changing landscape of Yiti

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Making waves

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As winter knocks, desert lovers are starting to head to the dunes

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Star Trek

Geo Astro Oman

Galloping to glory

Photos by Abdulrahman al Hinai, Mohammed al Balushi, Omar al Mamari and Riyadh al Hinai

A play with light and darkness

Food photography, caramel cake

Al Jabal Al Akhdhar to celebrate first olive harvest festival

Olive Harvest Festival

Adventure of fun and fear

Eleonora Kokorina with the camels

The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain

The crown of all Moorish castles is the magnificent Alhambra which hovers above the city like a mirage in Granda, Spain on Aug. 7, 2022. (Emilio Parra Doiztua/The New York Times)

Coming Soon to an American Cliffs: ‘Via Ferrata’ Routes

The .75-mile-long via ferrata at the Red River Gorge, the the first commercially operated course in the United States. (Southeast Mountain Guides via The New York Times)

The Public Life of the Kardashians’ Private Chef

Khristianne Uy, a private chef known as Chef K, in Sherman Oaks, Calif. on Aug. 11, 2022. (Carlos Jaramillo/The New York Times)

When Did We Become So Obsessed With Being ‘Symmetrical’?

A slew of filters on social media allow users to evaluate their features, reigniting age-old obsessions with perfection and beauty. (Miki Kim/The New York Times)

Journeys to grassroots

Himam Dhofar Adventure group with Ghudu

Online travel planning is becoming (a little) easier

Airbnb, Google Travel and a few other platforms have tweaked their search engines, and that means less slogging through pages and pages of results on everything from home rental options to flight routes. (Ben Konkol/The New York Times)
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