The Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science on Wednesday unveiled the names of winners of the 9th edition of the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts and Literature..
welcome back, everyone. well, the nation of oman is trying to diversify its economy and break its dependence on hydrocarbons. eleni giokos introduces us to leaders hoping to grow the country s aviation sector. reporter: the expanded muscat international airport opened in early 2018, boasting a brand-new $1.8 billion passenger terminal that is considered the cornerstone of oman s economic strategy. and those are the designer chairs that are only for oman. wherever you go, you find those chairs. reporter: the airport co says it was designed to showcase omani heritage from the archi architecture, to the art. we went to air freshener companies and we demand to have something from the local community, from the culture. and we found that the
Photos by Shatha al Jabri, Hani al Suleimani, and Moosa Al HajriOn a wooden platform made out of Indian teak wood, a mixture of pleasant aromas is scattered. Hanging heavy in the air is the odd but surprising combination of green Henna powder, sweet aromas of rose water, Sandal, Amber and among others. This is a part of the old Omani women's wardrobe of.