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À 6000 km de la Belgique se cache un joyau encore discret : Oman. Dans cette version longue de Very Belge Trip, Sara reçoit Maxime (@trekkingetvoyage), créateur de contenu depuis 10 ans, pour un récit immersif et passionné. Ensemble, ils dévoilent un pays de contrastes, profondément ancré dans la tolérance, la spiritualité et le respect.À travers Mascate, capitale paisible et élégante, Maxime partage son ressenti face à l'harmonie entre modernité et tradition, symbolisée par la majestueuse mosquée Sultan Qaboos. Puis cap sur la nature : wadis cristallins, sources chaudes, plages désertes, montagnes et dunes offrent un spectacle permanent.La gastronomie omanaise n'est pas en reste. Maxime nous décrit ses découvertes gustatives, entre épices subtiles et plats simples mais savoureux, dans un cadre toujours chaleureux et propre.Loin des clichés, Oman révèle aussi une culture vestimentaire raffinée et vivante, où le dishdasha et le kumma traduisent l'identité et l'élégance du quotidien.Cet épisode, entre confidences et émerveillement, vous embarque pour un voyage inspirant et dépaysant, parfait pour nourrir vos envies d'ailleurs.Vous rêvez de voyager à La Réunion, à Bali, en Bolivie, au Portugal, en Finlande, au Congo, en Australie, au Botswana, en Irlande, en Grèce ou encore en Italie ? De l'Europe à l'Afrique, en passant par l'Amérique et l'Asie, chaque épisode de Very Belge Trip est une invitation au voyage qui vous transporte sur les différents continents avec des voyageurs belges. Rendez-vous tous les lundis à 14h sur NRJ.be et les plateformes d'écoute.

Oman, situé à environ 6000 km de la Belgique, est une perle méconnue du Moyen-Orient. Dans cet épisode de Very Belge Trip, Sara reçoit Maxime, créateur de contenu voyage depuis 10 ans (@trekkingetvoyage sur Instagram), pour un récit passionnant sur ce pays aux mille contrastes.Terre d'hospitalité et de tolérance, Oman prône le respect et le vivre-ensemble. Sa société ouverte met en avant une religion modérée et accorde une place importante aux femmes. Sa capitale, Mascate, séduit par sa richesse culturelle et ses monuments impressionnants, comme la majestueuse mosquée Sultan Qaboos, célèbre pour son immense tapis persan et son lustre Swarovski.Côté nature, Oman offre un décor spectaculaire : dunes dorées, montagnes escarpées, plages aux eaux turquoise et vallées luxuriantes ponctuées de palmiers. Son climat chaud façonne un paysage unique, propice à l'aventure et à la découverte.Envie d'évasion ? Plongez dans cet épisode et laissez-vous inspirer pour votre prochain voyage !Vous rêvez de voyager à La Réunion, à Bali, en Bolivie, au Portugal, en Finlande, au Congo, en Australie, au Botswana, en Irlande, en Grèce ou encore en Italie ? De l'Europe à l'Afrique, en passant par l'Amérique et l'Asie, chaque épisode de Very Belge Trip est une invitation au voyage qui vous transporte sur les différents continents avec des voyageurs belges. Rendez-vous tous les lundis à 14h sur NRJ.be et les plateformes d'écoute.

Lange Zeit gehörte Oman zu den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern im Nahen Osten. Doch 1970 weckte Sultan Qaboos das östlichste Land der arabischen Halbinsel aus einem Dornröschenschlaf und führte es in die Moderne. Mit Hilfe der Einnahmen aus der Erdölförderung ließ der Monarch Schulen, Universitäten und Krankenhäuser bauen, baute das Strom- und das Straßennetz aus. Dabei behielt er aber auch die Traditionen des Landes im Blick. Anne Allmeling über den Oman zwischen Tradition und Moderne.

Lange Zeit gehörte das Sultanat Oman zu den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern im Nahen Osten. Doch 1970 weckte Sultan Qaboos das Land aus einem Dornröschenschlaf und führte es in die Moderne. Mit Hilfe der Einnahmen aus der Erdölförderung ließ der Monarch Schulen, Universitäten und Krankenhäuser errichten und baute das Strom- und das Straßennetz aus. Dabei behielt er aber auch die Traditionen des Landes im Blick. Für Reisende gilt Oman als eine Art Geheimtipp: Während viele Länder der arabischen Welt von Krisen und Krieg geprägt sind, herrscht dort seit fünf Jahrzehnten Frieden.   In diesem Jahr war das Sultanat offizielles Gastland der Internationalen Tourismusbörse in Berlin und wollte die Aufmerksamkeit der weltweiten Reiseindustrie auf sich ziehen. Ein Land für den Massentourismus ist es nicht, aber das Sultanat gilt als stabilstes und sicherstes Land der arabischen Welt. Anne Allmeling war in Oman unterwegs.

Lange Zeit gehörte der Oman zu den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern im Nahen Osten. Doch 1970 weckte Sultan Qaboos das östlichste Land der arabischen Halbinsel aus einem Dornröschenschlaf und führte es in die Moderne.

Lange Zeit gehörte Oman zu den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern im Nahen Osten. Doch 1970 weckte Sultan Qaboos das östlichste Land der arabischen Halbinsel aus einem Dornröschenschlaf und führte es in die Moderne.

Lange Zeit gehörte Oman zu den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern im Nahen Osten. Doch 1970 weckte Sultan Qaboos das östlichste Land der arabischen Halbinsel aus einem Dornröschenschlaf und führte es in die Moderne. Mit Hilfe der Einnahmen aus der Erdölförderung ließ der Monarch Schulen, Universitäten und Krankenhäuser bauen, baute das Strom- und das Straßennetz aus. Dabei behielt er aber auch die Traditionen des Landes im Blick. Jetzt unter Sultan Haitham gilt Oman für Reisende als Geheimtipp: Die Preise sind erschwinglich, die Menschen gastfreundlich. Und "wildes Campen" ist auch erlaubt.

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic raised questions about how the health crisis, government-imposed lockdowns, and economic recession would affect religious faith and behavior. While many social scientists expected it to strengthen religiosity as people turned to their faith for comfort in a time of need, others suspected a religious recession could result from the limitations on communal religious activity. In this episode, we speak with three political scientists, Tarek Masoud, A. Kadir Yildirim, and Peter Mandaville, about their new study of religious behavior following the pandemic in the Muslim-majority countries of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Indonesia in November and December of 2020.Tarek Masoud is Faculty Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University, Professor of Public Policy, and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.A. Kadir Yildirim is Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Twitter: @akyildirimPeter Mandaville is Professor of International Affairs at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. Twitter: @pmandavilleCredits and transcript: islamicstudies.harvard.edu/ep-8-pandemic-religious-behavior-muslim-world-tarek-masoud-kadir-yildirim-and-peter

Navneet Ravi Rana writes to Lok Sabha Speaker alleging that Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant threatened her. Arvind Sawant clarifying about MP Navneet Ravi Rana's claim. Gandhi Peace Prize 2019 being conferred on late Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman. For more live news download Etv Bharat Download ETV Bharat on App store – https://apps.apple.com/in/app/etv-bharat/id1453416186 Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etvbharat.android Or watch us live on – www.etvbharat.com ETV Bharat is a Division of Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , is a comprehensive digital national news platform conceived to deliver seamless news and information services, using video-centric Mobile App and Web Portals. It is first-of-its-kind offering in India in terms of diversity and depth, dedicated journalists network, reach of 24 states with services in 13 languages i.e.– Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Odia and English. ETV Bharat is the latest initiative of the five-decade old multi-dimensional Ramoji Group. The Group's highly successful media endeavors include : Eenadu - one of the largely circulated language dailies in the country , and ETV Network with Telugu general entertainment, infotainment and news channels. With a strong lineage of the most trusted media house, ETV Bharat would draw on its strengths of decades' long experience and innovation. ETV Bharat will combine the new technologies of mobile and digital media to engage news and information seekers in a new connected world. It will be driven by a well-established newsgathering setup, technology specialists and other professionals.

The February 1st coup launched by Myanmar's military effectively put an end to the country's tentative transition to democracy as civilian political leaders were imprisoned and the results of the 2020 elections annulled. On Friday, February 19th, the Ash Center hosted a discussion titled Myanmar After the Coup. Joining the Center to discuss these recent events in Myanmar and what they portend for the country's future were Pwint Htun, Non-Residential Myanmar Program Fellow at the Ash Center and Derek Mitchell, president of the National Democratic Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar. The conversation was moderated by Tarek Masoud, Professor of Public Policy and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations at HKS.The transcript for this episode is online here. About the Ash Center The Ash Center is a research center and think tank at Harvard Kennedy School focused on democracy, government innovation, and Asia public policy. AshCast, the Center's podcast series, is a collection of conversations, including events and Q&As with experts, from around the Center on pressing issues, forward-looking solutions, and more. Visit the Ash Center online, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. For updates on the latest research, events, and activities, please signup for our newsletter.

Fast 50 Jahre lang stand Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said an der Spitze des Oman. Eine Herrschaftsspanne, die die aller anderen Herrscher im Nahen Osten übertrifft. Seinem Nachfolger, Sultan Haitham, hat Qaboos bin Said Al-Said allerdings ein schwieriges Erbe hinterlassen: Die Einnahmen aus der Erdölförderung reichen längst nicht mehr aus, um die üppigen Staatsausgaben zu finanzieren. Der neue Sultan muss Reformen durchführen, u.a. im Bildungssystem, auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und in der Wirtschaft.

Podcast Naji: Wisdom from the village Naji is a master of story telling. He speaks and teaches Arabic, German and English and he writes poems in all three languages. This reflects his deep understanding of cultures and he gives amazing insights into Arabic traditions and old norms and how they transform into modern life in Oman. this is very special in Omani society, we don't ask about your religion, language, colour, we just respect you because you are a human being - you are people like usNaji AlShuhaimi Naji grew up in a village and moved to Muscat, the capital city where he teaches in a school. He tells stories about his childhood in a village and his experiences living in a multicultural environment in Muscat's newly built suburbs. When he is in Muscat, he misses the traditional life of the tribes with its wide social networks in the village where everybody knows each other and people take care of each other. Something we have lost in Europe. Naji also shares his dream which is very different from teaching languages. He talks about his impressive Omani beard, its meaning for him and the lion story. Naji loves travelling to Germany, that's were he found white life, street numbers, modern teaching methods and his newly found love for the nature. Now, he tries to convince his students to take good care of the nature as their old fathers did. Traditional teaching will not help develop talents. Sultan Qaboos (bin Said) started this 50 years ago, it is time to change our schools and teaching methods!Naji AlShuhaimi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuwbMzwl-E8 Listen to the first episode of the Oman Podcast Series and read Maha's Talent Profile. Find out more about Oman at the time of the interview in February 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuwbMzwl-E8 Podcast Naji: Wisdom from the village Naji is a master of story telling. He speaks and teaches Arabic, German and English and he writes poems in all three languages. This reflects his deep understanding of cultures and he gives amazing insights into Arabic traditions and old norms and how they transform into modern life in Oman. this is very special in Omani society, we don't ask about your religion, language, colour, we just respect you because you are a human being - you are people like usNaji AlShuhaimi Naji grew up in a village and moved to Muscat, the capital city where he teaches in a school. He tells stories about his childhood in a village and his experiences living in a multicultural environment in Muscat's newly built suburbs. When he is in Muscat, he misses the traditional life of the tribes with its wide social networks in the village where everybody knows each other and people take care of each other. Something we have lost in Europe. Naji also shares his dream which is very different from teaching languages. He talks about his impressive Omani beard, its meaning for him and the lion story. Naji loves travelling to Germany, that's were he found white life, street numbers, modern teaching methods and his newly found love for the nature. Now, he tries to convince his students to take good care of the nature as their old fathers did. Traditional teaching will not help develop talents. Sultan Qaboos (bin Said) started this 50 years ago, it is time to change our schools and teaching methods!Naji AlShuhaimi Listen to the first episode of the Oman Podcast Series and read Maha's Talent Profile. Find out more about Oman at the time of the interview in February 2020.

Jerry Feierstein, Karen Young, and Dania Thafer join host Alistair Taylor to discuss the political, economic, and foreign policy challenges facing the sultanate and its new ruler, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, who ascended to the throne following the death of Sultan Qaboos, Oman’s long-time ruler, in early January.  

In this episode of the Sultanate, I talk about the life and death of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. On this day, July 23, in 1970, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said took power from his father Sultan Said bin Taimur Al Said in a coup d’état. This was the day that the Sultanate of Oman entered into its renaissance, and this day is celebrated as Renaissance Day. Who is Sultan Qaboos, what is the renaissance, and why is he revered among Omanis? Learn more at the associated episode post on my website. Check it out!  Sultanate Ep 034: Sultan of Oman Links Associated blog post at Beyond the Route Sultan Qaboos Obituary Buy the Symphonic Impressions of Oman by Lalo Schifrin Read Sultan Haitham's first speech Follow the show and find more about Oman at: www.beyondtheroute.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Do you like what you hear? Be sure to tell a friend and tell me what you like in the comments at www.beyondtheroute.com. You can also leave the show a review on iTunes. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Oman: a new Sultan and new challenges The ECFR's Cinzia Bianco discusses the challenges Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarek faces in an increasingly volatile neighbourhood. Can he maintain the legacy of Sultan Qaboos and continue to steer the country's neutral path or will pressures from Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as a distressed economy force him to abandon course?

The Good Neighbour: A Commemorative Lecture on the Life of Sultan Qaboos Jeremy Jones is Senior Associate Member at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and was previously a Research Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He has co-authored two books about Oman: Oman, Culture and Diplomacy (Edinburgh 2012) and A History of Modern Oman (Cambridge 2015). He has also consulted for the Omani government since the 1980s.The lecture reflects upon the life and reign of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said and the unparalleled advances it has had on Oman’s society as well as the vital influence he had in promoting the stability of the Gulf region. _________Anglo Omani Society accounts:Instagram: angloomanisociety Linkedin: The Anglo-Omani SocietyTwitter: @AngloOmaniSOCFacebook: The Anglo-Omani Society

"The Life of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said (1940-2020): Context, Reflections, Perspectives" Featuring: Her Excellency Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy, Ambassador (Ret.) Frances D. Cook, Ambassador (Ret.) Richard J. Schmierer, Mr. Timothy Lenderking, and Dr. John Duke Anthony. Recorded February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

Mickey Flykick and Aria Salan are joined again by the Flaming Bear of Brisbane comedy Nick Carr to learn about the recently departed Sultan Qaboos of Oman (it's pronounced like Caboose). We learn about the British fucking up, leftist uprisings and where Nick keeps his umbrella.   For more content jump on to www.patreon.com/aintitrich for more fabulous content.  

Oman’s leader, Sultan Qaboos, died last week after ruling the country for 50 years. Qaboos is considered the father of modern Oman, so Phil and Cooper explore his life, the coup d’etat that changed his destiny, and the social and economic realities for Omanis under his rule. And what do we know about his successor? Al-Monitor Gulf Pulse contributor Karen Young joins the podcast to lend her expertise on the overlooked Gulf nation and more. What’s next for Oman following Sultan Qaboos’ death? (Kristian Ulrichsen) Sell-off in Oman reveals privatization with regional characteristics (Karen Young) Russia eyes Oman as mediator for regional crises (Kirill Semenov) Oman minister describes role as 'facilitator' of diplomacy in turbulent region Oman’s humanitarian aid to Yemen also pragmatic (Sebastian Castelier) Extra Listening: Episode #9,  Qatar? I Hardly Know Her (6/7/2017): A group of Gulf countries and Egypt place a controversial embargo on Qatar for supporting terrorism and having diplomatic relations with Iran. Music: Sal Davis - “Sultan Qaboos Song” ( YouTube)

On this edition of Friday Night Live, join host Hafiz Sha'ban, with co-host Abdul Akbar, as they discuss the following the topics: - Ailing leaders of the Muslim world - Western Ally Sultan Qaboo of Oman Dies. What is in prospect for the next generation of leaders? - Special Court Formed for Musharraf Treason Trial 'Unconstitutional', rules LHC. Musharraf's Ping Pong Verdict. What is going on!? - How will your life end? Video of Sheikh passing away whilst delivering a lecture has gone viral: What lessons and reflections are we taking from this? Sheikh Haitham Al Haddad! - In Other News Stories, Eco-Masjids Seminar - What is being proposed and how can other Masjids adopt?

Pictured: Sir Roger Scruton Matthew Bannister on Sir Roger Scruton, the leading conservative philosopher of his generation, known for his work on aesthetics. His outspoken views made him a controversial figure for some on the left. Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman who overthrew his father in a coup and transformed his country. Bobby Neame, the Chairman of Shepherd Neame - the country's oldest brewing company based in Kent. Elizabeth Sellars, the British actress who appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart in "The Barefoot Contessa" and Marlon Brando in "Desiree". Interviewed guest: Lord Maurice Glasman Interviewed guest: Douglas Murray Interviewed guest: Calvin Allen Interviewed guest: Jonathan Neame Interviewed guest: Dr Melanie Williams Producer: Neil George Archive clips from: The English Fix, Radio 4 14/09/2017; On Your Farm, Radio 4 28/10/2001; Best of Today Podcast, Radio 4 26/04/2019; Profile: Sultan Qaboos Of Oman, Radio 4 11/01/1980; Sultan Of Muscat and Oman Interview, Radio 4 02/08/1970; Oman Civil War, Thames TV 22/03/2017; Slang: Spitfire Ale advert 27/06/2013; Newsroom South East, BBC One 21/01/1998; Forbidden Cargo, directed by Harold French, J. Arthur Rank Organisation/ London Independent Producers 1954; Hunted, directed by Charles Crichton, Independent Artists/ British Film Makers 1952; Desiree, directed by Henry Koster, Twentieth Century Fox 1954; The Barefoot Contessa, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Transoceanic Film /Figaro 1954; A Voyage Round My Father, directed by Alvin Rakoff, Thames Television 1982.

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The first signs that something big was happening came a little after noon on Friday when the army and police deployed across Oman. The tensions between the United States and Iran lead many to assume the sudden deployment was related. When regular overnight programming stopped and the television stations started broadcasting excerpts from the Quran, it was obvious. Sultan Qaboos, the longest serving monarch in the Middle East, had passed away. Host James Haines-Young looks at the life of Sultan Qaboos and what’s next for Oman as it looks to the future.

The Sultan is dead. Long live the Sultan. In a world in which leadership is usually characterised by hubris, Sultan Qaboos was one of the best. God rest his soul.Support the show (https://www.justgiving.com/tncf)

The departure of Sultan Qaboos of Oman in the early days of 2020, marks the end of an era in the Arab world. Many founders of republics, kingdoms and sheikdoms have departed before him, to the great loss of their nations. To name but a few one would remember Presidents Qudsi, Khoury and Chehab in Syria and Lebanon, as well as, King Faisal in Saudi Arabia and the late Sheik Zayed in the UAE. But nations do not die with the passing away of their leaders, they either forge ahead with their national projects or slip back into the chaos of internecine struggles. On the one hand, the Levant has been disappointingly rich with such failures. Except for Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq are worse off under their current leaders than at the turn of the previous century. On the other hand, the Gulf has been surprisingly rich with better alternatives. Young, educated, forward looking leaders have taken the reins of power and instead of scanning the past for answers they are looking to the future for better prospects. The more astute political class in the Levant, who received higher education before the rest and, tackled the end of the colonial era few decades prior, has always acted with arrogance and some disdain towards its Gulf counterpart. Although dependent on the Arab Gulf for jobs, opportunities, and financial support the Levant's intelligentsia (a false noun) has derided the leaders of the Peninsula for their tribal manners both in governance and social behavior. History has proven that wearing a tie (or shunning to wear one) does not make the man. Education without a culture of fairness, social justice, or respect for basic rights is only a fools' panache. The old rhetoric that has long dominated the waves of Arab media, sounds out of tune in 2020. Boycott policies, Pan-Arab projects, and the creation of a Baathist or more recently, Shia Crescent have failed all too miserably. With the advent of modern communications people now have the means to compare and contrast. What did the Nasser era bring to Egypt? What did the PLO bestow upon the Palestinians? What did Assad, Saddam, Ghaddafi and others offer their people? Except years of misery, ruthless internal security services, momentous failures at regional wars and, the invasions of Chad, Kuwait and Lebanon. Today Syria is a serf State of Russia, just as Iraq and Lebanon are to Iran. Yemen is at war, and so is Libya with more than one regional & international power with its hand in the pie. The answer is not an about face to the old regimes. Although, compared with the iron order of the past, there is a cynical nostalgia for former dictators. Rather, a need for a breed of new decision makers. What is in want is a new class of political activists, secular thinkers and objective journalists, social and grass root groups whose focus is on issues that have eluded all: respect of individual liberties and the death of the centralized State. With individual liberties come a plethora of rights including genuine freedom of speech, freedom of worship and, ownership. As opposed to the present-day nominal elections, religious tolerance (an abhorring word and concept), and kleptomaniac capitalism. The centralized State has long suppressed such basic rights because in a truly democratic system feudal families and military juntas would vanish. With the freedom of worship based on mutual respect not just tolerating the ‘other', comes the benefits of a richly diverse society. And, with the freedom of ownership, the yoke of clientelism and modern serfdom, would be abolished. The Arabs have been dealt a poor hand for almost a century. The region's leaders have run out of excuses and the people have ran out of patience. However, the fossilized politicos are capable of fabricating new justifications by the day, if masses only remain willing to entertain their falsehoods. Hence, the change will come from the bottom up in the Levant, while change has already been on the march from the top down in ...

Today, in loving memory of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said we commemorate his life and great leadership.  Born November 18th, 1940, HH Sultan Qaboos took the thrown from his father on July 23, 1970 and ruled for nearly 50 prosperous years until his passing on January 10, 2020.  HH Sultan Qaboos was an exemplary world leader who remained neutral in the region, while being active to build peace in the Middle East.  There are many lessons we can learn from his life and leadership to guide us into become better leaders of our organizations, teams, and families. Today we remember His Majesty Sultan Qaboos and honor him by learning from his great leadership of the Sultanate of Oman. ------   To take more steps to live a focus life to achieve your dreams and fulfill your destiny–get my book Anchored the Discipline to Stop Drifting. Until next time… Be a change maker, weave your destiny, own the future. Thank you for listening, and as always you can find me at: LucasSkrobot.com LinkedIn Instagram

Parts of India are facing acute water shortages and the consequences can be deadly. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world: The scramble for water in the slums of New Delhi can mean waiting in line each day for hours to fill up from government tankers – as well as occasional violent disputes. “Say no to a Chinese government” and “We are Chinese” – at two different presidential rallies earlier this year Olivia Acland heard very different reactions to China’s growing influence in Sierra Leone. Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said ended the isolationism that characterised his father’s rule and has cultivated new relationships with the Oman’s neighbours as well as Britain and the US. During his rule the capital Muscat has also been transformed into a glisteningly modern city, says Caroline Davies, and more change could soon be coming. Ibrat Safo returns to his native Uzbekistan to find that the family reunions he enjoyed as a child are no longer possible – the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan border now divides his relatives. And Nick Thorpe takes a luxurious train journey across the Balkans and into the region's history.

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen Sheehi’s The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910 (Princeton University Press, 2016) tells that story, focusing primarily on portraiture and those that took portraits. Sheehi examines the formalism of portraits in relation to changing notions of class, questioning whether or not portrait photography were creating new forms of sociability or vice versa. But photography is also another way Arab modernity was in relation to Ottomanism: The Arab Imago looks at how portrait studios developed in Istanbul and beyond, often operated by Armenian and Greek Orthodox photographers. The Arab Imago integrates photography, modernity, and the banal to give us one of the first histories of photography in the Middle East. Stephen Sheehi is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies and Director of the Program of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the College of William and Mary. He is Professor of Arabic Studies as well, and holds a joint appointment in AMES and the Arabic Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. He did his doctorate at Michigan. His work largely examines cultural, intellectual, art history, and the political economy of the late Ottoman Empire and the Arab Renaissance (al-nahdah al-arabiyah). Nadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets @NAMansour26 and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast: Reintroducing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen Sheehi’s The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910 (Princeton University Press, 2016) tells that story, focusing primarily on portraiture and those that took portraits. Sheehi examines the formalism of portraits in relation to changing notions of class, questioning whether or not portrait photography were creating new forms of sociability or vice versa. But photography is also another way Arab modernity was in relation to Ottomanism: The Arab Imago looks at how portrait studios developed in Istanbul and beyond, often operated by Armenian and Greek Orthodox photographers. The Arab Imago integrates photography, modernity, and the banal to give us one of the first histories of photography in the Middle East. Stephen Sheehi is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies and Director of the Program of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the College of William and Mary. He is Professor of Arabic Studies as well, and holds a joint appointment in AMES and the Arabic Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. He did his doctorate at Michigan. His work largely examines cultural, intellectual, art history, and the political economy of the late Ottoman Empire and the Arab Renaissance (al-nahdah al-arabiyah). Nadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets @NAMansour26 and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast: Reintroducing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen Sheehi’s The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910 (Princeton University Press, 2016) tells that story, focusing primarily on portraiture and those that took portraits. Sheehi examines the formalism of portraits in relation to changing notions of class, questioning whether or not portrait photography were creating new forms of sociability or vice versa. But photography is also another way Arab modernity was in relation to Ottomanism: The Arab Imago looks at how portrait studios developed in Istanbul and beyond, often operated by Armenian and Greek Orthodox photographers. The Arab Imago integrates photography, modernity, and the banal to give us one of the first histories of photography in the Middle East. Stephen Sheehi is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies and Director of the Program of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the College of William and Mary. He is Professor of Arabic Studies as well, and holds a joint appointment in AMES and the Arabic Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. He did his doctorate at Michigan. His work largely examines cultural, intellectual, art history, and the political economy of the late Ottoman Empire and the Arab Renaissance (al-nahdah al-arabiyah). Nadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets @NAMansour26 and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast: Reintroducing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen Sheehi’s The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910 (Princeton University Press, 2016) tells that story, focusing primarily on portraiture and those that took portraits. Sheehi examines the formalism of portraits in relation to changing notions of class, questioning whether or not portrait photography were creating new forms of sociability or vice versa. But photography is also another way Arab modernity was in relation to Ottomanism: The Arab Imago looks at how portrait studios developed in Istanbul and beyond, often operated by Armenian and Greek Orthodox photographers. The Arab Imago integrates photography, modernity, and the banal to give us one of the first histories of photography in the Middle East. Stephen Sheehi is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies and Director of the Program of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the College of William and Mary. He is Professor of Arabic Studies as well, and holds a joint appointment in AMES and the Arabic Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. He did his doctorate at Michigan. His work largely examines cultural, intellectual, art history, and the political economy of the late Ottoman Empire and the Arab Renaissance (al-nahdah al-arabiyah). Nadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets @NAMansour26 and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast: Reintroducing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Arab world, photography is often tied to the modernizing efforts of imperial and colonial powers. However, indigenous photography was itself a major aspect of the cultural and social lives of Middle Eastern societies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen Sheehi’s The Arab Imago: A Social History of Indigenous Photography 1860-1910 (Princeton University Press, 2016) tells that story, focusing primarily on portraiture and those that took portraits. Sheehi examines the formalism of portraits in relation to changing notions of class, questioning whether or not portrait photography were creating new forms of sociability or vice versa. But photography is also another way Arab modernity was in relation to Ottomanism: The Arab Imago looks at how portrait studios developed in Istanbul and beyond, often operated by Armenian and Greek Orthodox photographers. The Arab Imago integrates photography, modernity, and the banal to give us one of the first histories of photography in the Middle East. Stephen Sheehi is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Chair of Middle East Studies and Director of the Program of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) at the College of William and Mary. He is Professor of Arabic Studies as well, and holds a joint appointment in AMES and the Arabic Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. He did his doctorate at Michigan. His work largely examines cultural, intellectual, art history, and the political economy of the late Ottoman Empire and the Arab Renaissance (al-nahdah al-arabiyah). Nadirah Mansour is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Department of Near Eastern Studies working on the global intellectual history of the Arabic-language press. She tweets @NAMansour26 and produces another Middle-East and North Africa-related podcast: Reintroducing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speaker: Marc Valeri, University of Exeter Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE Middle East Centre Oman’s foreign policy under Qaboos is usually considered to be pragmatic and independent – as illustrated by the sultanate’s role in facilitating the conclusion of the Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal in 2013 and its announcement that it would not join a hypothetical Gulf union. However such a widely accepted view should not obscure the fact that the price to pay for the perpetuation of this foreign policy has been an unquestioned political and economic dependence towards London and Washington. Recorded on 22 May 2014. This is an LSE Kuwait Programme event.