UPDATE: Losers in Cars Same as Ever in Oman
Oh. My. God. I had forgotten how horribly AWFUL it is to walk in Oman. I was just walking down the side of the road today, trying to flag a taxi, and how many IDIOTOBNOXIOUS barely past pubescent BOYS...
View ArticleBook Fair Controversy?: thanks to Rummy for spelling it out for people
OPNO: Dear Readers, I am sorry. All of us OPNO girls have way too much going on. I'd love to do an eye-candy post to be all cheery and what not but not even blogger is working right for us these days....
View Articleto the land far-and-away
I will finish wrapping up a study I have particpating in, inshaAllah, and then I will leave Oman for a while. I will visit my home country, that land far and away. I don't plan to stay. I plan to...
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HOUSE UPDATE: I talked them into Contemporary Arabic
While I had noticed that owner of the other twin villa said she loved modern and European architecture, that the examples of houses she liked in Oman were actually contemporary Arabic (yay me!!!),...
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IDF International and Global Property Show at the exhibition in Seeb: OPNO's...
So I guess between the 17th and 21rst of February I went to the IDF International and Global Property Show at the exhibition in Seeb? Some really pretty things for interior designers and home...
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Khaleeji Kitchens: Some Design Ideas for Oman
To me, the modern Arabic kitchen would feature open shelving, and local craft influences... to be Omani it would be relatively simple in colours (like Greek villas in Santorini only a muddy brown...
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STYLISH SISTERS: Sunday Instagram Updates--- Endemage,Latifa Al Shamsi,...
Lubna Al Zakwani in Endemage (always love her style and taste level)The always trendy (newly wed) Latifa Al ShamsiThe super sweet Nadya Hassan of Internationally Renowned fashion blog, of the Fierce...
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OOTD , in abaya: Houndstooth, and why I love wearing abaya
I really, really love getting a new abaya. Disbelieve me if you may, but I find abaya to be a freedom. All black you say? Well times are a'changing in Oman, and prints and colours (albeit with a little...
View ArticleMy first bad experience at Ubhar, Service, not the Food
Reading a recent post on Badermania [ https://badermania.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/ethics-of-a-food-blogger/ ] recalled a restaurant review I totally meant to write up but forgot to.I went to Ubhar in...
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Letting Go of the Past, Other Peoples' Mistakes, and My Own
A rule of dealing with anonymous commentators and disabled/blocked or private profiles, is to ask yourself before you respond about any mess they are trying to cause, does this, will any of it, matter...
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Omani Copper: why can't I find a made-in-Oman copper sink or bathtub, in the...
In case you didn't know, Oman's relationship with copper is pretty ancient. In fact, Oman was well and around before Mesopotamia. In fact, Mesopotamia was a big trade partner of Oman's, then called,...
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One Old Omani Woman from Barka: one of the greatest Muslim women I met in my...
To the first woman (Omani) who made me feel like I belonged here. She was old, older than most who change themselves, and the world around them, and who accept new things. She could not read or write...
View ArticleTo that Jackass that slapped the Indian worker at the petrol pump
To the Jackass {Omani} who slapped the Indian worker pumping his gas for him who forgot to close the tank and the smell of petrol invaded your car...the other day in barka... you do not have the right...
View ArticleHM Sultan Qaboos Returned Home from Germany
HM returned the other day (night?) from Germany [I am too lazy to post specifics]. Prayers giving thanks were offered, parties commenced (with 3 young Omani males dying in over enthusiatic drifting in...
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Omani Invents a way to keep books in place for libraries
Yaqoub Said Al Habsi (a librarian at Sultan Qaboos University) invented a mechanical book prop that repositions books in libary shelves so that when a book is removed from the self, the other books...
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About Jackasses* and Racism [sorry for swearing---calling someone a donkey in...
Please note, this is a nice Omani man, not the jackass who slapped the poor Indian gas station attendant, who is, not slapping anyone, merely buying a goat or something at auction;)So yeah, the jackass...
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Oman TV Live for His Majesty: "I'm glad he's back because..."
If you've been watching Oman TV, Magan Channel, etc., you'll have seen the series where Oman TV is interviewing people about His Majesty's recovery and return to Oman. I am as happy as the next person,...
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From Far Far Away: Notes on Leaving Oman
I left Oman to continue my education. Continuing education in Oman meant settling for private universities, that's let's face it, myself as an employer, generally wouldn't be elated to see on a resume....
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MARRYING AN OMANI MAN: Getting Your Children Omani Passports
Whether or not you have recieved permission, any Omani male citizen [as long as you have a valid aqed nikah (Islamic marriage contract)] has lawful right to apply for citizenship, and Omani passports...
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