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Higher education, or HE, is something that very much lives up to its name, but not as most think as a simple progression of learning, ‘big brother’ style. The dynamic of learning undergoes...

How many times this week have you read, or heard, the word ‘woke?’ So often and so liberally applied, in so many contexts and so many settings, it is, by stealth it appears, impacting every...

I pondered recently, in some faux Robbie Burns like, or even spurious Shakespearean manner, “Tis but a short step from anticipation to expectation. Yet, tis a leviathan traipse, aye, a gigantic...

The Sultanate of Oman’s first ever Waterfront Oman Women’s Duathlon has been run and won, and according to a spokeswoman for the organisers, prominent sports administrator, Baida al Zadjali,...

I hate to be a portent of doom and gloom, but the most recent developments on the global pandemic front could be indicative of our way of life, our entire social structure, whatever our culture, never...

Anna Dudchenko is yet another contributor to Oman’s artistic scene but has a diversity to her artistic portfolio that sets her apart from others in her realm.“Being an artist is a never-ending...

Do we care about our planet, our nation, our cities, towns, and villages, our mountains, beaches, wadis, and our seas? Do we covet the quality of the air that we breathe as much as we do the shiny new...

“The greatest geniuses have the shortest biographies,” articulated Ralph Waldo Emerson, saying that we rarely know or appreciate them until long after their time, because we don’t appreciate who...

Cyclone Shaheen has left her indelible mark upon the Sultanate, which must now turn to the cleaning up, rebuilding of damaged infrastructure, and replacement of lost resources and possessions. But...

No matter how long you will live, once you have been drawn into the web of the triumph and tragedy that is the story of any of the varieties of the Sultanate of Oman’s turtles, you become...

Although the pandemic has seemed like a ‘one step forward, two steps back’ situation wherever you are, the perspective is generally much more positive today than even a few months ago.Travelling...

Democracy, although it is philosophically and legally debated at length, and is a complex and debatable topic of discussion in those circles, can be quite clearly defined away from its conceptual...

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the societal landscape of the Sultanate is undergoing significant change, maybe as the Sultanate seeks to regain its own precise, unique place in the...

As an equality and diversity trainer, and cultural awareness presenter racism is certainly a red flag topic, but I want to express the opinion that I have always been uncomfortable with dictionary and...

By Baida Al Zadjali and Ray Petersen“The song has ended, but the melody lingers...” go the words of an old song, that echo of Pramod MarchOne’s kindness to stray animals. This extremely gentle...

What is the real message we should be sending the younger generations today? With all the wealth of our accumulated knowledge it surely can’t be along the lines of, “It’s a big world out there....

Congratulations to the Supreme Committee for taking the unpopular step of implementing a full lockdown, as it appears from the last two week’s statistics that cases of Covid-19 and fatalities have...

What a tumultuous week it has been with the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Olympic Games, New Zealand’s return to lockdown, and a rude awakening for sports men and women in a...

Photos by Yelena Glukhovtseva/University of Liverpool -Misfat Al Abriyeen is named after the ancestral inhabitants of the Al Abri family, and the perpetual running water from the falaj. What an...

The Sultanate needs a strong, effective health research environment. The global Covid-19 pandemic’s one positive outcome has been the recognition by smaller nations and economies, that medical...