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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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Responsible tourism

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Trading words

sorting dates at the date factory - Jerajani

Do wellness drinks really work?

Various health drinks in New York, Jan. 16, 2022. (Ted Chelsea Cavanaugh/The New York Times)

Ties span over four millennia

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Don't give up, we will get out pandemic: WHO

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Oman in India

Sultan Said bin Taimur, Sultan Qaboos bin Said and Gokaldas Khimji in Bombay.

Legacy of 150 years

gokaldas khimji at the masirah island

'A country raft is leaving for Muscat and you should board it'

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Dates and pearls form bedrock of ancient ties

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Have fun, be in control

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Muscat to Mysore

There are references to ruins of an ancient temple in the town of Qalhat which points to evidence of an Indian settlement along the Batinah coast before the 15th century.

Telehealth apps focus on mental wellbeing

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Bathing with dates

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Together we can

Volunteering work at Khaburah, Suwaiq by Rosh and team

SPICE ROUTE

The history of dhow and their legendary journeys were re-created when Sohar, the replica of a 9th century Arab dhow of the ‘legendary Sindbad’ sailed a distance of 9,600 km between Muscat and Canton in 1981. The dhow was hand built, stitched together with coir and navigated with medieval navigational instruments by British author-explorer Timothy Severin and a crew of 25, who were on a mission to prove that Sindbad's legendary voyages.
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