Eihab Attia Head of marketing, Royal Tulip Muscat Hotel (OMAN) The COVID-19 pandemic is definitely one of the toughest public health crises that humanity has experienced since the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918. The magnitude and consequences of the...
Diya Lakshmi Jithesh Class 6 A, Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (OMAN) I remember staring blankly at the computer screen for some time and I think I just froze for a few moments. And in those few moments, I also don’t remember hearing what my teacher had said then...
Anita Jeyan Software Engineer, Khimji Ramdas, Muscat (OMAN) “So, how are you coping?” How do we answer this question in a lockdown? I don’t think there would be anyone with five years of experience in effective handling of a lockdown; multitasking between work,...
P M Jabir Community welfare secretary, Indian Social Club; Director, Norka Welfare Board (OMAN) Sometimes, I catch myself staring at my living room window. It is dark outside. I don’t see anything. Just for some seconds, my mind wanders. But, I don’t have that much...
Trudie Cross Media and SEO specialist, PDG Media, Brisbane, Queensland (AUSTRALIA) Millions. The figure may sound dramatic. But, one can easily claim that millions of people around the world would have lost their jobs amidst the current COVID-19 crisis. And if you...
Russell Ramil Head chef, (OMAN) After the abuse it has been through, maybe nature, maybe this earth, must be healing itself I have seen the best and worst during my life, but nothing like the COVID-19. Nothing at all. This...
A farewell to a best friend – a tribute Nicodemus Rozario (Nico) Marketing manager, Pizza Hut, Caffe Vergnano (OMAN) Nico doesn’t know if he has been able to say a proper goodbye to his best friend, Domnic Fernandes, area manager, Pizza Hut, Caffe Vergnano, who died...
Dr Ada B. Bonina Nurse educator One, two, three months or more have passed and this Corona virus seems to be stuck like a boulder in our path. Unmoving, like a wall but at the same time gobbling up innocents, infecting more and more and causing untold misery to...
Naisha Sharma Student, Grade 4 Venkateshwar International School, Dwarka, New Delhi (INDIA) Dear friends, today we are all surrounded by the same fear, which we have given a name: Corona virus! Schools are closed, and yes, I know how you feel about it, as we...
Daniel Luchetti Director, writer (ITALY) I am in a perfect Catch-22 situation. This is something that I have never ever experienced before in my creative years as a director and writer. Ever since the deadly COVID-19 Corona virus has put the globe on a...
Carlota Alvaro Assistant director of sales, Orascom Hotels (OMAN) There comes a time in our lives when realization dawns. When our eyes and hearts open out to the reality of life, which is beyond the usual glitter of a world that fools you into believing that...
Mia Ventura Seeking new work opportunities (Formerly sales manager in the hotel industry) (OMAN) It is half past 10 in the night and I suddenly realize that I am very thirsty and I don’t have any bottled drinking water. Okay, there is a supermarket that would be still...
