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  1. Retweeted
    May 24

    Interesting hashtag trending, "Saudis support Omani unemployed"

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  2. Retweeted
    May 19

    The show of support in during the early days of normalization with was a ``show of support for the government rather than a show of support for ‘normalization’ as such,” by

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  3. Retweeted
    May 17

    allows hotels to operate at full capacity, bars to reopen and live concerts and sporting events to restart as cases drop.

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  4. May 16

    `In 1988, when James Zogby pushed Democrats to include a mention of Palestinian sovereignty in their platform, party leaders responded with a clear warning, he recalled: “If the P-word is even in the platform, all hell will break loose.”'

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    May 5

    is carving out a mediating role between and Arab oil producers including Arabia, a shift for a country better known as a victim of regional conflict than a conduit to defuse it via with

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  6. Apr 28

    "Kumzari is a mixture of old Persian and Arabic, and other languages like Akkadian, Assyrian, Turkish, English and Hindi," said Makeyya Al Kumzari, a local who studies Kumzari language and culture. "It is spoken here and nowhere else."

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    For those who don’t know, the Lawatiya are a prominent mercantile community of Shia faith who historically spoke a dialect of Sindhi. For more info see the great MA thesis by : “The Lawatiya of Oman: The Identity Transformations of an Ethno-Religious Minority” (Exeter)

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  8. Apr 25
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  9. Apr 24

    `Twitter has withheld some of the tweets after the legal request by the Indian government, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Saturday.'

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  10. Apr 21

    Investigation found links to the Palestinian Authority’s internal intelligence organization. Activity originated in the West Bank and focused on the Palestinian territories and Syria, and to a lesser extent Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Libya

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  11. Apr 5

    This Omani government covid-awareness video shows the true diversity of the country. In Arabic, English, Bulushi, Swahili, Lawati (Khojki), and Hindi. (Did I miss any?)

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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    Lots of people post messages they later regret on social media. Few then become the target of a trolling frenzy fueled by the government of the world's most populous country. Frightening tale from

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    The moment Ever Given arrives at the bitter lake. Live from Isamilia with

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  14. Mar 29

    Some claimed that the successive mishaps were a manifestation of the “Pharaohs’ curse” because of next week’s plan to move a number of ancient mummies in a high-profile parade from the National Museum in Tahrir Square to another museum in Islamic Cairo

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  15. Mar 29

    UAE rebrands the Chinese vaccine it will produce and distribute in the region and beyond. Soft power at its best

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  16. Mar 28

    `Home life was miserable. “They hated her,” said an adviser to Bashar. “They kept her inside the house for years.” Asma was not yet fuent in Arabic. When the family gathered for meals they made a point of conversing in their impenetrable Alawite patois'

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  17. Mar 27

    Tucked between the Gulf of Oman and a craggy mountain range, the dusty port Fujairah isn’t an obvious base from which to try and revolutionize the Middle East’s oil markets by

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  18. Mar 25

    `In a worst-case scenario, it could be that some of the carrier’s containers may have to be taken off. How long that process lasts would depend on how much equipment is around. It can often involve flying in helicopters to remove the crates one by one'

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  19. Mar 25

    Egyptian and Israeli forces faced off across the waterway that year during the Six-Day War and again in 1973 during the Yom Kippur conflict -- it wasn’t until 1975 that the canal was cleared of sunk ships and reopened. via

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  20. Mar 25

    “What it points to is a divorce between the UAE and the Saudis and lower oil prices--for a long time” `The new Abu Dhabi crude futures contract could help weaken Saudi control of Mideast oil supply' via

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