When Both Sides Call Muscat

When Both Sides Call Muscat

When Both Sides Call Muscat Buried in Thursday’s news cycle, easy to miss amid casualty counts and ceasefire maps, was a detail that deserves longer consideration. France’s president personally thanked Oman’s Sultan for freeing his citizens from...
The Child in the Frame

The Child in the Frame

There is a video making the rounds. A toddler, maybe two years old, is crying — properly crying, the kind that makes the face go red and the breath come in gasps. The person holding the camera is laughing softly. The caption says something like he does this...
Keepers of the Gate | Chapter Two: The Jewel In The Ring

Keepers of the Gate | Chapter Two: The Jewel In The Ring

Keepers of the Gate — Chapter Two of Three Oman and the Strait That Moves the World How an Omani merchant-prince crossed the Gulf and built the medieval world’s greatest kingdom — and why it all came back to Oman in the end. There is a sentence in the Arabic...
Keepers of the Gate | Chapter One: Before the Name

Keepers of the Gate | Chapter One: Before the Name

Keepers of the Gate — Chapter One of Three Oman and the Strait That Moves the World How Oman’s sailors helped build one of the world’s earliest recorded trade routes — and why the Strait of Hormuz belongs to a story far older than its name. There is a...