"Higher up, above the entrance and above the college's logo in Arabic, a large red, white and green Omani flag hung lifelessly from its pole in the breezeless January morning..."
page 13 Another Year in Oman
Muscat is a big town but it is also a small one. Everybody knows somebody else and that somebody else knows you or somebody that you know. Page 408 My Year in Oman
"We ventured into the Old Souk but found that the rains the week before had collapsed most of the buildings...The place smelled of death and I could only take a few minutes of it before I had to ask the Hollywood to stop rummaging through the piles of debris so we could leave..."
page 214 Another Year in Oman
"That was my last night in Dubai. We went to dinner at an Italian restaurant in one of the malls in Jumeirah, a nearby suburb. I had never eaten at an Italian restaurant with a real Italian and had no idea what I was in for until I suggested pizza..." page 173-Another Year in Oman
"Since Jebel Shams or the “Mountain of the Sun,” is closest to the sun, the name just kind of makes sense. From near the summit, it is possible to look at a drop of almost a mile straight down into the canyons and valleys below..."
page 375-Another Year in Oman
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Here the village appeared to be built like an apartment house. We found a door and went inside. We turned into a walkway that seemed to go for a ways before the collapsed ceiling made it impassable. I pointed to a doorway on our left. “Go in there,” I said...
Page 467 My Year in Oman
The old man looked at me as if he didn’t understand. I pulled two rials out of my pocket and handed them to him. Then I pointed at the jar that was cradled in my arms.
“Ok?” I asked.
He said something in Arabic that I also didn’t understand. It was probably something like, “What the hell do you want with that old jar?” but I couldn’t be sure..." page 236-Another Year in Oman
Manner of dress is the most apparent difference between the Bedouin tribesmen and the residents of the towns and villages of the coasts. The men usually wear the white dishdasha; a full length dress or gown that allows for the circulation of air throughout the body. On their heads they wear the “masar” (mu-sar), a large square linen cloth that is tied in varying ways as a means of protection from the sun, wind and sand.
Page 136 My Year in Oman
The most distinct form of identification for an Omani Bedouin woman is the face mask or “burga,” which is what most Americans would associate with a super hero or the Lone Ranger. Bedouin women wear a scarf or kumar that is wrapped around the hair and allows for the full covering of the face...
page 136 My Year in Oman
The OLNG company, as an exporter of natural gas, was a big money maker for the Sultanate of Oman and they could afford to treat their employees to the best of everything..."
page 74-Another Year in Oman
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