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A quiet item from Ibri in yesterday’s paper deserves more attention than it got. Walid Al Ghafri at the Department of Heritage and Tourism in Dhahirah announced that one million Omani rials is going into restoring Harat Al Raml — the historic mudbrick quarter in the wilayat. The plan: heritage inns, a museum, a traditional […]
Royal Decree 50/2026 quietly places an AI Special Economic Zone inside Muscat — and inside Oman’s existing free-zone architecture. The brevity is the strategy. On the morning of 30 April 2026, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq signed Royal Decree 50/2026. It is two pages long. It does not announce a building, name a foreign partner, or […]
In a country better known for oil and frankincense, a quieter but potentially more lasting revolution is under way. Farmers in Dhofar and Buraimi reported record wheat harvests in the 2025–26 growing season. The numbers reflect not just improved yields — but a deliberate, years-in-the-making shift in Oman’s national strategy. The headline in the 16 […]
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