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The Covid-19 pandemic is no longer about medicine, science, or health. It has now become a social phenomenon as several factors emerge through the political, economic, psychological, and social...

In good news this week, the price of oil has reached $66 per barrel for Omani crude, with every single cent being a positive sign for the Sultanate’s fiscal challenges ahead.Oh... and speaking of...

So, you cannot go anywhere, see anyone, socialise with your friends, meet at the coffee shop, meet at the shopping mall, your social life has… to all intent and purpose, died, over the thirteen...

MUSCAT, aPRIL 24 The Sultanate has lost a true friend and advocate as long-time Muscat-based Engineer, Philosopher and Author, Konstantinos Maritsas has passed away, a victim of Covid-19, at the age...

In good news this week, the price of oil has reached $66 per barrel for Omani crude, with every single cent being a positive sign for the Sultanate’s fiscal challenges ahead. Oh... and speaking of...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or SMA, is one of a group of hereditary diseases is one of those silent social issues that nobody talks about very much in any society. Heartbreaking for those affected, one...

r.j.petersen52@gmail.com An African proverb reads, “If you’re not part of the solution, you are part of the problem’’, Linus Torvalds wrote, “No problem is so big it can’t be run away...

Otis Redding and most of his backing band, the Bar Kays, were tragically killed in an aircraft crash in 1967. However, they live on through the mellow, soulful sounds of his dual Grammy Award-winning...

A 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, and an 18-year-old Philip (of) Battenburg, a youthful Greek Royal Officer Cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College, were first introduced in 1939, and regularly...

Ramadhan Kareem… the religious time of the renewal, or re-affirmation of the faith is upon us again, and though it will be celebrated modestly this year amidst the pandemic, that could well be a...

Talking to young Izki mother of two, Rahma al Yahyai, is easy as she speaks immaculate English, something she gives credit to her father Nasser for, the Izki businessman inspiring her love of the...

In some parts of the world, over the last year friends and families have met, socialised, attended sporting and cultural events, schools have remained open, and lived pretty much a ‘normal’ life,...

[gallery type="rectangular" columns="8" ids="665850,665851,665855,665856,665858,665864,665863,665861"] It may not be magic, but the Al Yahyai family in Bahla has a history that is inextricably...

  I am not a “forgive and forget,” kind of guy, or a “forgive them for they know not what they do,” kind of guy either, or especially when it comes to unsafe road users. I’m also no...

There is nothing better, at any time, than to see little children having fun, and a young Australian qualified swim coach is making that happen in Muscat, as swimming pools echo to unrestrained...

While, obviously, we are unable to put Covid-19 to one side, it may help to do so from a health perspective, in terms of seeking to maintain an element of economic clarity, for Omani investors who...

Nizwa, March 16 - In an initiative aimed at restoring local culture and heritage, Birkat al Mouz schoolkids undertook a banana palm planting programme at the Al Jazeera plantation on the edge of the...

[gallery type="rectangular" columns="8" size="medium" ids="663696,663694,663693,663692,663687,663689,663690,663691"] Story by Ray petersen Photos by lena petersen “Fossils and geology,”...

What we are as people, what we can become, and what the world sees of us may be the same, or different, and I guess that is all a question of perspective. But what we cannot do is live in the public...

[gallery type="rectangular" columns="5" ids="662278,662277,662281,662279,662280"] Adjacent to every major camel racing event or training centre, you can find a camel souq, where all manner of goods...