The land of frankincense has been trading with its neighbours around the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea for millennia. It now has cutting-edge ambitions for its future.
Omani novel 'The Water Diviner' nabs International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Al Majalla sat with Alqasmi to discuss the underlying themes in his award-winning novel.
After 49 years under Sultan Qaboos bin Said,Omanhas a new ruler. The Arab world’s longest-serving leader died onJanuary 10, ending nearly five decades of transformational rule during which he…
The Sultanate of Oman, the oldest independent state in the Arab world, voted this week to elect an 86 member consultative council. Oman’s location at the mouth of the Gulf at the south-east corner of…
*Oman believes that the UK is still a global power and despite the unprecedented internal challenges it is facing, it will remain a global power.
*The Palestinians’ right to an internationally…
In the last few decades, economic diversification has been a top priority of all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Even prior to the drop in oil prices in mid 2014, their leaders…
France's 'Suez Moment' has been a drawn-out one. Its influence has waxed and waned since the 1960s, but it has been on an overall downward trajectory throughout. Al Majalla explains.
The SDF commander rejects demands to disband his forces and tells Al Majalla in an exclusive interview that US-Russian tension east of the Euphrates is 'under control'
Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa recalls the joy that bulgur season used to bring to his village in Syria. Now the simple pleasure is disappearing from households as a harrowing consequence of war.