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The House of Busaid ( Arabic: آل بوسعيد, Arabic pronunciation: [aːl buː sa.ʕiːd] ), also known as the House of Al Said, is the current ruling royal family of Oman, and former ruling house of the Omani Empire (1744–1856), Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (1856–1970) and the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964). [1] It was founded by ...
The Jebel Akhdar War (Arabic: حرب الجبل الأخضر, romanized: Ḥarb al-Jebel el-ʾAkhḍar, lit. 'the Green Mountain War'), also known as the Jebel Akhdar Rebellion or the Oman War (Arabic: حرب عمان, romanized: Ḥarb ʻumān), broke out in 1954 and again in 1957 in Oman, as an effort by the local Omanis in the interior of Oman led by their elected Imam, Ghalib al-Hinai, to ...
Al-Lawatia ( Arabic: اللواتية; Sindhi: لا واٽي, sing. Lawati) also locally known as ( Khojas or Hyderabadis) is a prominent merchant tribe originally from the Sindh region and now mainly based in the province of Muscat, Oman who are the speakers of the Luwati language, which is a Sindhi based language. There are around 30,000 ...
Sultan Qaboos paid a visit to Qatar as early as July 1972, less than one year after Qatar gained independence, and only two years after he assumed power. Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani spent three days in Oman on an official capacity in February 2001. On 22 April 2010, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visited Oman for two days. His visit ...
Women's rights in Qatar are restricted by the country's male guardianship law [3] - currently the only remaining country in the Gulf region with such laws [4] - and influenced by the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. [5] Both women and men were enfranchised in the country at the same time. [6] Labour force participation rates of Qatari women are ...
e. The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism ( MOHT) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for promoting and preserving Omani heritage and tourism. The current Minister of Heritage and Tourism is Salem bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi. [1] [2]
First awarded. 2015. Website. Katara Prize for Arabic Novel. The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel is an Arabic literary prize based in Qatar. It was established in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village. The total prize pool is $650,000 and the main prize $200,000, making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world.
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (Arabic: مؤسسة قطر) is a state-led non-profit organization in Qatar, founded in 1995 by then-emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his second wife Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned.