In celebration of Omani Women’s Day, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Centre in Washington, D.C. hosted researcher and author Linda Pappas Funsch, a specialist in Omani and Middle Eastern history, to deliver a lecture titled “Women in Oman: Partners in Development”. The lecture was introduced by Sabra Al Hooti, Deputy Head of Mission at Oman’s Embassy in the United States.

On the sidelines of his visit to the Spanish capital, Madrid, the Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Sheikh Khalifa Alharthy, visited Casa Árabe, an institution dedicated to fostering Spanish-Arab cultural relations. He was received by the Deputy Director, Cristiana Juárez, who affirmed Casa Árabe’s commitment to continuing the search for opportunities for cooperation with Oman. Sheikh Khalifa was accompanied …

The Arab Cultural House in Berlin held a discussion on the city wall of Bahla in Oman, as part of a reading of the book “The Surrounding Wall: The Wall of Bahla City”. The event featured Dr Nasser Al Saqri, an Omani historian and academic at Sultan Qaboos University, and Dr Michaela Hoffmann Ruf, a researcher in a German Research …