MUSCAT – The British Omani Society hosted an event to mark the launch of ‘A Journey to Arabia Felix’, a compelling new book by British explorer and author Mark Evans, MBE, under the auspices of Azzan Al Busaidi, undersecretary of the ministry of heritage and tourism at the Diplomatic Club, recently.The book chronicles Evans’ thirty-day expedition across the Sultanate of Oman, undertaken in January 2025 under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and His Highness Sayyid...

MUSCAT — The Main Committee for Moon Sighting said that based on confirmed astronomical evidence indicating that the moon will set on Tuesday, the 29th of Sha'ban 1447 AH, corresponding to February 17, 2026, before or at sunset in all governorates of the Sultanate of Oman, the sighting of the crescent moon on this day is astronomically impossible.The Committee added that in accordance with the established principle of not accepting reports that contradict observable reality and scientific...

MUSCAT — When Abdul Sattar Edhi, a globally revered philanthropist and the man who started the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation, died in July 2016, his legacy was deeply mourned by the residents of Oman, particularly the Pakistani community.Little did they know that Edhi’s powerful mantle was going to fall on a young Pakistani in Oman, an upcoming social worker here then. Today, nearly a decade from the passing of the universal philanthropist, the torch, at least in...