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As troubling images greet us every moment across all media, whether social media or popular media like newspapers (digital or otherwise), the power of photography is even more evident in its powerful...

As autumn gives way to a gentle winter sun, there will be a number of events across Oman to showcase human imagination, creativity, and innovation.This is often in the form of art exhibitions which...

It is not necessary to peruse through much of social media to see that much of the content in it is suspicious. From false news reports, dodgy medical advice and extreme ideas, social media is full of...

Women play a role at every level of Omani society today. From traditional professions like medicine and teaching to the oil and gas industry and Information Technology, women have taken advantage of...

This is the season of Nobel prizes. So far, the Nobel prize for Medicine, Physics, Peace and Literature have been declared. The Nobel Prize for Literature has been won by Norwegian author and...

The theme tag of the 2023 International Translation Day is “Translation unveils the many faces of humanity”. This is a timely reminder of the power of translation to bring the world closer...

There are many languages throughout the world that face danger of extinction. This is due to many causes like natural disasters or the decrease of populations in a given area. Famous linguist David...

With the most recent and catastrophic climactic events in North Africa, the floods in Libya and the earthquake in Morocco, climate change has once again shown its threatening face.It is not only these...

Professor Braj Kachru, the famous linguist, divided the English speaking world into 3 circles: the native speaker, the circle for whom it is a second, active language, and an expanding circle. This...

As the new academic year has well and truly set in, it is a good time to reflect on the extent to which teacher’s roles are no longer limited to giving facts and information, disciplining the class,...

It is almost time for universities and colleges in the Sultanate of Oman and elsewhere to begin a new academic year. This is preceded with much excitement for first year students who are looking...

Its ‘back to school’ everywhere – in supermarkets, department stores, even food shops with their endless suggestions of meals to put in children’s lunch boxes. An entire industry gets together...

The coming academic year will perhaps be the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) tools will be comprehensively used in some form or the other in schools and colleges. After all, it was only...

With the worldwide craze over the twin film releases of July – ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’, commonly called ‘Barbenheimer’, the debate about whether a film is better than the book it is...

We are all guilty of procrastination – the tendency to postpone chores, usually of the routine or dreaded kind. Assignments, reports, even fixing the slightly leaking tap at home, all are found to...

We have all used emojis by now – smiley faces, hearts, winks, and red hot angry faces. The best? The eye roll for when nothing else will do.Language experts have studied the various ways in which...

As the General Education (High School) diploma results were announced in Oman on Thursday, there has been much talk about future options, and mainly about which majors to choose in college or...

With fast paced innovations in education, it is often difficult to keep up. Gone are the days of white chalk and a blackboard today actually means a digital educational platform. We have also moved on...

Before the internet became just another part of our lives, ‘I am bored’ would be a common refrain from children during the long, hot summer holidays. That may or may not be the case now, but...

It may sound strange sitting in the sultry heat of Muscat, but the southern tip of Oman is presently experiencing the mystic, magical weather otherwise known as the monsoons.Derived from the Arabic...