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Before Eid arrives in Oman, something familiar begins to move through towns and villages. Markets become busier. Families start preparing. Children look forward to new clothes, toys, sweets, and small surprises. Livestock traders gather. The smell of frankincense, spices, Omani sweets, and fresh market dust fills the air. This is Habta — one of Oman’s […]
The Quiet Archaeology Superpower Thirty-two active archaeological programmes. Eleven international partners. A Neolithic site older than the frankincense trade. Why Oman has quietly become one of the world’s most important laboratories for understanding ancient Arabia. On the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism’s own count, there are thirty-two active archaeological programmes running in Oman during the […]
What happens to a thinker when the ideas that once gave thinking its purpose have collapsed — and nothing has been built to replace them? By Asim Al-Sheidi | March 26, 2026 Source: Oman Daily Cultural Supplement There was a time when the Arab intellectual knew, more or less, what he was for. He wrote […]
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