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Brexit with Boris Johnson, or Brexit without Boris Johnson, or no Brexit? It’s becoming seriously difficult to identify which has the best prospects, and for who, with all of the conflicting...

Growing up as a boy, and a young man, back in the 1950’s and 60’s never seemed like a privilege at the time, but it does now, and I have significant compassion for the youth of today, in what they...

The Dakhiliyah Governorate, already blessed with several culturally significant tourist attractions, now has a unique exhibition for visitors in the Bait ar Rudaydah Centre of Excellence for Historic...

Mahatma Ghandi, the Indian peace activist, and political force for change made a lot of sense, but never more so than when he said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live...

Or to put it another way: We just don’t know how lucky we are! Like everyone, I dream of financial security, of not having to worry about paying for ‘things,’ and generally I see it as my own...

Nizwa, Sept 22 - Oxford University and University of Nizwa (UoN) research student exchange, which has taken place during the last four weeks at the Natural and Medical Sciences Research Centre (NMSRC)...

I met two Oxford University, United Kingdom based researchers, at the Natural Medical Sciences Research Centre of the University of Nizwa, this week, and was greatly impressed. Actually the Scientific...

Is what you think, more important than what you eat? My friend Gosia (Malgorzata) asked me recently, and honestly, I didn’t know how to answer straight off. I mean, what I think in fact dictates...

Salut, Sept 17 - Participants attending the ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Archaeological Sites) workshop visited the Salut Castle Archaeological Park on Tuesday on gauge the...

Nizwa, Sept 16 - Abdulaziz bin Mohammed al Rowas, Adviser to His Majesty the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, and Chairman of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), emphasised the...

Debut single Desire Burning by Tammy Eyole Monono draws a wider audience by the day A song, a tune, a musical offering with its genesis in Rustaq could be just the sound to put Oman on the global...

Have you ever felt helpless in the face of the new technologies, like I often do? Are you aghast at the significant intrusions into our personal lives that the new technologies allow, like I am? Or is...

I’m not an ‘inactive’ guy. I’m just getting on a wee bit, and after a lifetime infatuation with sports, I’m starting to wind down a wee bit. However, if there’s one thing I don’t need...

There could be little worse than getting passed over for a promotion that you had your heart set on, and it happened recently to the son of a colleague. However his reaction to the setback was...

As an educator, I’m always on the lookout for ways to stimulate my students towards higher level learning, and consequently, greater opportunities to achieve their maximum potential, whether it be...

The Eid Habta Market, traditionally a strong one ahead of the observance of Eid Al Adha, this week offered a diversity of traditional wares for the religious and cultural occasion ahead and has again...

Ray Petersen - petersen_ray@hotmail.com - Every society, for millennia, has looked upon itself as the one that is right in its beliefs, traditions, societal structure, and behaviours, and why not?...

Most of you, or most of us, don’t laugh enough, and take yourselves, or ourselves, way too seriously. Life challenges us often and without warning, so we should revel in the release that laughter,...

That’s what Susan Sonntag wrote some years ago, and I like it! I’ve been fortunate, during these last ten years, to escape that oppressive, debilitating, heat of the Gulf region during the height...

Charles Darwin once wrote, “It’s not the strongest of a species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most open to change.” In this, I am confident that he was many years ahead of...