HH Sayyid Bilarab presides over the opening of Muscat Art 2026
HH Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham al Said, Minister of State and Governor of Muscat patronized the opening of the 5th edition of “Muscat Art 2026” exhibition, held at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC). Held under the theme “Art Everywhere” from October 28 to 30, the event features more than 300 artists from the Sultanate of Oman and around the world, creating a vibrant artistic and cultural spectacle that celebrates creative diversity and reinforces Oman’s position as a...
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I had goosebumps before I reached the end of the walkway. For Omani Youth Day, the Youth Centre had turned the space into a passage through a year's worth of work, installations and projects appearing around every turn, and someone had thought carefully about how each one would meet a visitor. I kept slowing down to look again. Seeing that work celebrated at the highest levels of government gave the evening a weight the young people had built for themselves. The theme for the year was Azm,...
There are moments in a researcher’s life that quietly reshape the way history is understood. They arrive without ceremony, revealing themselves only through experience. One such moment came when I entered the Bristol Archives expecting to consult only a handful of documents relating to the history of the Sultanate of Oman. Several minutes later,...
Bidiya in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate hosted the 17th Poetry and Folk Heritage Forum, bringing together poets, researchers and enthusiasts of traditional Omani arts to celebrate the Sultanate’s cultural heritage and support its preservation for future generations. The two-day event featured poetry evenings, exchanges of verses and impromptu...
