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        <title><![CDATA[Memes emerge as powerful voice in digital culture]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some of the most engaging moments on the Internet during the present war in the Middle East are actually coming from the incessant barrage of short videos commenting on the war. Le...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:17:47 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fish deaths leave Iraqifarmers with no income]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On the banks of Iraq's Tigris River, Haidar Kazem mourned 300 tonnes of the fish he had carefully raised in ponds wiped out by a flood of polluted water.Water supplies in Iraq, the...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:16:40 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As war strains ties with US, UK looks to Europe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Britain's government is set to announce legislation next month to move the country closer to the European Union, as the Iran war sours the UK's so-called special relationship with...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:13:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Little likes and half-informed opinions]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[“You have many lovers!” “Thanks, habibti! Wait.. what?” “I mean, we really like you as our team member!” Without looking up and a little lost in (Freudian) translation, my sweet co...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Pope, religion and the war on Iran]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Religious thought, across traditions and sects, tends to frame the relationship between self and the “other” within three broad circles. The first is a narrow, exclusive circle def...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:53:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Silent solutions in a loud world]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Coffee this week came with an unusual weight. The news had moved faster than the week itself, one development folding into the next before the previous one had time to settle. This...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:33:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Hormuz robbery]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Musandam is one of the most unique places on our planet. It overlooks the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman, and their scenic fjords. It is a living heritage of civilisations. In K...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Khalid al Huraibi, The writer is an innovator and an insights storyteller. khalidalharibi@gmail.com</media:title>
            <media:text>Khalid al Huraibi, The writer is an innovator and an insights storyteller. khalidalharibi@gmail.com</media:text>
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                        <author>khalidalharibi@gmail.com (Khalid Alsafi Al Huraibi) </author>
                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:32:29 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From culture to capital... a3-part model for Oman]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187951/opinion/international/from-culture-to-capital-a3-part-model-for-oman]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Sultanate of Oman does not suffer from a lack of heritage or cultural assets. It suffers, at times, from lack of structured conversion. If we want our cultural and heritage ass...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:31:13 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cohon’s tactics lessons for Trump]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A glimpse into Trump’s scholarly and cultural impact on society is essential to understanding the global chaos. For example, United States President Donald Trump warned Iran that h...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:30:09 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ingratiation’s hidden cost, impact in the workplace]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187899/opinion/international/ingratiations-hidden-cost-impact-in-the-workplace]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[In most contemporary working environments, performance or innovation does not necessarily drive success. At other times, success is influenced by less obvious interpersonal techniq...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:01:26 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinion- The hidden price of the war with Iran]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When people think about war, they often imagine distant battlefields, political leaders and military strategy. What is less visible, but far more immediate, is how conflict quietly...]]></description>
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            <media:title>A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. </media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:58:00 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The compass within: finding direction when you feel lost]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are moments in life when direction does not disappear suddenly, but fades quietly in the background. On the surface, everything continues as expected. Responsibilities are me...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:56:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A reminder about health and wellness...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We know health is not just about the absence of illness, but about how we live every day. It is a state of complete emotional, mental and physical well-being. Our health is the fir...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:56:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What It Means to Grow Up Today]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187886/opinion/international/what-it-means-to-grow-up-today]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have been paying closer attention this week, not just to the headlines, but to the pauses in between them. The way conversations shift when the topic turns to the world beyond Om...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:28:03 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A shift in perspective: Seeing Earth through Artemis II]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187820/opinion/international/a-shift-in-perspective-seeing-earth-through-artemis-ii]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the world feels increasingly unstable, especially in the Arabian Gulf, I did not expect to find a moment of clarity through something as distant as Artemis II. What caught my at...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:43:38 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Problem and solution — two sides of the same coin?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187819/opinion/international/problem-and-solution-two-sides-of-the-same-coin]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[From one week to another, we drift, or are we living a life of purpose?Are we just floating with the daily schedules and meetings, or do we manage to think of the world as a univer...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:42:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pope&#039;s African tour beginsin shadow of Trump&#039;s ire]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187818/opinion/international/popes-african-tour-beginsin-shadow-of-trumps-ire]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV began a landmark visit to Algeria on Monday in the first trip to the Muslim-majority country by a pontiff that risked being overshadowed by criticism from US President...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:40:53 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The incalculable loss of intangible heritage in times of war]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187767/opinion/international/the-incalculable-loss-of-intangible-heritage-in-times-of-war]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Beneath the rubble of buildings that once were schools, residencies, hospitals, universities and other sites of normal life, there lie humans who have been bombed, living out their...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:58:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinion-Iran tries to grasp economic devastation of war, and find a way past it]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187764/opinion/international/opinion-iran-tries-to-grasp-economic-devastation-of-war-and-find-a-way-past-it]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Pooria Asteraky, an engineer in Tehran, has watched his small software company fall apart in the five weeks that war has ravaged Iran. His staff stopped coming to work for fear of...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:57:27 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Should we consider banning social media for under-15s?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187699/opinion/international/should-we-consider-banning-social-media-for-under-15s]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I came across a news post stating that members of the French parliament voted in favour of a landmark bill that would ban children under 15 from using social medi...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:39:58 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinion- Regional stability depends on strong Arab cooperation]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187698/opinion/international/opinion--regional-stability-depends-on-strong-arab-cooperation]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Trump’s existential threats against Iran, together with Israel’s decision to launch this illegal and unprovoked war against Iran, have left diplomacy badly damaged and made an earl...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:38:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran has all the cards to threaten the petrodollar]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187697/opinion/international/iran-has-all-the-cards-to-threaten-the-petrodollar]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[No matter where we are in the world, or what we are doing, I get the feeling that the most disappointment we would have about ourselves is how everything is almost indecently monet...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:37:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fly me to the moon]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187696/opinion/international/fly-me-to-the-moon]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like any great adventure, and especially one we can follow minute by minute, act by act, the flight of Artemis II has been gripping theatre. That cramped cabin cluttered with hoses...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:36:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How managers navigate uncertain times]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187636/opinion/international/how-managers-navigate-uncertain-times]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Amidst an unprecedented crisis, tensions and economic volatility, business leaders are facing challenges they have likely never experienced before. The crucial role of executives e...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:32:35 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Securing Hormuz strait is a regional responsibility]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187467/opinion/international/securing-hormuz-strait-is-a-regional-responsibility]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent a clear political message: it retains the ability to disrupt one of the world’s most critical energy arteries whenever it faces what it...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:16:15 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From surviving to living: reclaiming joy after difficult seasons]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187465/opinion/international/from-surviving-to-living-reclaiming-joy-after-difficult-seasons]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are seasons in life where living quietly gives way to surviving. From the outside, survival can resemble strength. You show up, you keep going, you carry responsibilities and...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:13:20 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinion-Israel’s new law and the reality of apartheid]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187464/opinion/international/opinion-israels-new-law-and-the-reality-of-apartheid]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Israel’s proposed law to impose the death penalty on detained Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks is being framed as a matter of security. Yet beyond the rhetoric lies a far m...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:10:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fate opens the door, but choice leads the way]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187399/opinion/international/fate-opens-the-door-but-choice-leads-the-way]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[People love to blame fate. It has become the easiest escape button in life. A person forgets to do his work, then proudly says that destiny blocked his way. Another person repeats...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:53:36 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Targeting &#039;game changer&#039;air defence system by 2027]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187397/opinion/international/targeting-game-changerair-defence-system-by-2027]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[By Daniel FlynnFire Point, maker of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile, is in talks with European companies to launch ​a new air defence system by next year, a senior executive said...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:51:27 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinion- Trump has no idea how to clean up his own mess]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187367/opinion/international/opinion--trump-has-no-idea-how-to-clean-up-his-own-mess]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a functioning American democracy, the president would deliver an Oval Office address at the start of a new military conflict. Donald Trump, however, decided to wait until a mont...]]></description>
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            <media:title>An effigy depicting US President Donald Trump and an Israeli flag burn during the Burning of Judas ritual as part of Easter celebrations on a street in the 23 de Enero neighborhood in Caracas on April 5, 2026.</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:04:26 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Material history is being destroyed, and rescued amidst war]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187321/opinion/international/material-history-is-being-destroyed-and-rescued-amidst-war]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[War takes it toll on human lives, livelihoods and futures. But it also impacts remains of history in the form of monuments, museums and even old manuscripts encased in libraries. K...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:57:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pharma logistics in demand as war rattles supply chains]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1187320/opinion/international/pharma-logistics-in-demand-as-war-rattles-supply-chains]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives, but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship. This is where pharmaceutical...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:56:26 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Easter in Jerusalem hit by war and restrictions]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, with the holiday overshadowed by war and restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre.All...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:53:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[National identity in an age of globalisation, cultural openness]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[National identity is defined as the overarching framework within which the features of a society are formed, not merely as a collection of fixed elements, but as an integrated syst...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:47:59 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cats, dogs, and five weeks of a nearby war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[“What if it had been a baby inside that cage, mama?” I was calmly asked after we met Bruno, the Doodle Dog, at a local veterinary clinic that made global headlines last week. It wa...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:42:26 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Europe’s energy trap in the Iran war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed more than Europe’s diplomatic divisions. It has revealed a deeper structural truth: even when Europe refuses to own Washington’s war, it rema...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:30:11 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump has a way out of the war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If it wasn’t clear before, it is undeniable now. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel started a war with Iran assuming that they would trigger qui...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:29:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[April fuels’ joke and the irony of warfare]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who needs a fool’s day when people all over the world are constantly fooled? It is a reality shaped by ongoing deceptions. Still, in the spirit of playful psychological warfare, im...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:28:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Opinion- The old man dreaming up wars for young men to fight]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I was a child during the Vietnam War, and it was impossible to miss anti-war protests. I remember a common sentiment best expressed by Sen. George McGovern: “I’m tired of old men d...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:54:57 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Tehran residents on edge after month of war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For Tehran resident Fatemeh, the highlight of her day in a city beset by deadly daily US-Israeli strikes in the now month-long war is to make the short journey to her local cafe."W...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:01:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The war is redefining what it means to be ‘home’]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1186920/opinion/international/the-war-is-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-home]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The continuing war is exacerbating a stressful situation in the Arabian Gulf, not least because of the uncertainty and possible repercussion for the entire region. But if there is...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:54:58 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Indian tile makers feel heat of Mideast war energy crunch]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1186918/opinion/international/indian-tile-makers-feel-heat-of-mideast-war-energy-crunch]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Blazing-hot kilns in India's $6.5 billion ceramics manufacturing hub, employing hundreds of thousands of people, have gone cold, shut down in an energy crunch caused by the Middle...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:52:46 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It’s Vance vs Rubio aswar weighs on Trump]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[By Nandita BoseAs the war in Iran threatens to imperil President Donald Trump's legacy, the political stakes also are rising for two of his top lieutenants: Vice-President J D Vanc...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:47:37 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not fine, and that’s perfectly human]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One of the habits I developed recently during the Eid holiday is to try out new coffee shops in my old town. Most coffee shops have a collection of old books that I often read whil...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:57:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why do women feel safer in Oman even during a war?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You’d probably laugh, as I do, if you could hear the concern from friends and family back in the UK when they ask whether I feel safe living in Oman, especially given the current r...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:57:33 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Learning difficulties and the role of society]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is estimated, worldwide, that 20 per cent of students have learning difficulties, but that less than 2 per cent have a diagnosis that draws resources and support from government...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:54:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One month into war, only hard choices for Trump]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[By Nandita BoseWith global energy prices up and his job approval ratings down, Donald Trump faces stark choices after a month of war against Iran: cut a potentially flawed deal and...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:53:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Life without society: A haunting glimpse into 2084]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1186799/opinion/international/life-without-society-a-haunting-glimpse-into-2084]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Welcome to 2084 where Margaret Thatcher’s quote ‘There really is no such thing as society’ is a living reality. So how does it look like? People are raised by robots and are so sel...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:14:59 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The comfort of AI and the cost to human curiosity]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For many, artificial intelligence is just a way to get things done faster and more easily. For me, it has become an unexpected mirror, always ready with quick and confident answers...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:11:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No matter how it&#039;s dressed up... it&#039;s a contemporary farce]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Did President Trump, as talkshow host Jon Stewart suggested, start this conflict so America could learn more geography and where Iran, the Straits of Hormuz and the island of Kharg...]]></description>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:50:12 +0400</pubDate>
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