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Shangri-La Muscat appoints new director of sales and marketing

Muscat: Joakim Velinder will assume the role of Director of Sales and Marketing for Shangri-La Muscat in Oman from 19th of May 2024. The Swedish national will join the leadership team at the iconic Shangri-La Barr Al...

Oman in India

Sultan Said bin Taimur, Sultan Qaboos bin Said and Gokaldas Khimji in Bombay.

Legacy of 150 years

gokaldas khimji at the masirah island

'A country raft is leaving for Muscat and you should board it'

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Dates and pearls form bedrock of ancient ties

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Have fun, be in control

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Muscat to Mysore

There are references to ruins of an ancient temple in the town of Qalhat which points to evidence of an Indian settlement along the Batinah coast before the 15th century.

Telehealth apps focus on mental wellbeing

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Bathing with dates

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Together we can

Volunteering work at Khaburah, Suwaiq by Rosh and team

SPICE ROUTE

The history of dhow and their legendary journeys were re-created when Sohar, the replica of a 9th century Arab dhow of the ‘legendary Sindbad’ sailed a distance of 9,600 km between Muscat and Canton in 1981. The dhow was hand built, stitched together with coir and navigated with medieval navigational instruments by British author-explorer Timothy Severin and a crew of 25, who were on a mission to prove that Sindbad's legendary voyages.

Any more countries to visit? No, says this economist

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Arab explorers in the Indian Ocean

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Vlogging in time of pandemic

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Trade links span centuries

The Jewel of Muscat, a replica of a ninth century Omani trading ship. The ship was built in a traditional manner that uses coconut fibers (but no nails) to hold the ship together. In 1991, the ship sailed in old routes used by Arab traders.

Story of losers takes world by storm

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