Ask an old trader in Muttrah or Stone Town where the Indian Ocean begins and he will talk about the wind, not a map. For centuries the north-east monsoon carried Omani sailors to Mombasa, Zanzibar and Kilwa with dates, dried fish and cloth, and the south-west monsoon brought them home with cloves, timber and grain. Swahili still carries Arabic in its vocabulary; Omani families still carry Swahili in their kitchens. Africa is not a new market for Oman. It is an old one, coming back into view at...
In a land far away in the Middle East, Blessed with splendor, Heritage is well reserved, This land holds stories of long reigns. The country that stretches across a huge region, The centre of delicious kawa, and sweet dates at its best, The vista of the ocean and sky meeting the horizon is truly breathtaking. The vast desert...
London's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition opened on Thursday to a British public gripped by "mania" over the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England, on display outside France for the first time. Excited visitors who had tickets for the first day of the sold-out exhibition queued outside the British Museum ahead of the opening,...