Algeria, June 9 (ONA) The Center for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology, in cooperation with the Fa’eloon Center for Research in Anthropology, organized the first virtual international forum under the title “Society and the Pandemic”, with the...

    Moscow, June 8 (ONA) - Hundreds of residents flocked to the Russian capital, Moscow, to a book fair held in the open air in the Red Square, despite the lack of participation of some publishing houses, especially with...

    Muscat, June 8 (ONA) - The tenth and eleventh issues of Qal’at al-Tarikh bi-annual publication published by the Qal’at al-Tarikh Initiative included many cultural and historical topics on the Sultanate. The issue editorial by Editor-in-Chief Emad bin Jassem...

    Kinshasa,(ONA) - The film “On the Way to the Billion” by the Congolese director, Dieudo Hamadi, was included in the official list participating in the 2020 edition of the Cannes film festival, and thus it received a certificate...

    New York,(ONA) - The Metropolitan Opera House canceled its offers for the autumn of 2020 and postponed many new performances for future seasons due to the continued spread of the coronavirus and its disruption to cultural life in...

    Warsaw,(ONA) The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, which has closed its doors to visitors since mid-March due to the Covid-19 epidemic, was forced to launch an appeal for funding to be able to continue. This year marks the 75th anniversary of...

    Muscat,(ONA) - The Cultural Club organizes a remote workshop on the 16th and 17th of June, entitled “Scientific Adventures in our Summer Vacation”, by Dr. Wafa Al Shamsiah, targeting the 12-16 age group. The session aims to pay...

    New York,(ONA) /The Bulgarian-American artist, famous for his artwork, which often showed massive monuments as wrapped as gifts, died at the age of 84. A statement on his website said that the artist died at his home in...

    Muscat,(ONA) he National Field Research Centre for Environmental Conservation at the Diwan of Royal Court issued the fifty-fourth issue of “Al-Washaq” bulletin in electronic format. The new issue, which was published in both Arabic and English, included many...

    Seeb, (ONA) The Omani Society for Writers and Literates participated in the international seminar on “Reading Literature in Quarantine from Corona Virus” organized by the Arab Ansar College in Kerala, Republic of India through video conferencing with the...

    Cairo,(ONA) Egyptian actor Hassan Hosni died at the age of 89, this early morning. Ashraf El-Zaki, head of the Egyptian Actors Syndicate, quoted by Al-Ahram Gate that he said, "The late Egyptian actor Hassan Hosni died at half...

Omani Halwa is especially popular during the Eid al Fitr festival which follows the Holy month of Ramadhan, and this year is no exception. Shelves will be packed with locally made sweetmeats from various family dynasties throughout the Sultanate, yet...

The Social Observatory Research Programme of The Research Council (TRC) recently hosted a webinar on “Parenting Techniques during Home Quarantine”. The webinar was moderated by Dr Said al Dhafri, Director of the Social Observatory, and involved the participation of 65...

    (ONA) The Omani Writers and Literates Society has announced the results of the “Write Your Story” children's competition which came in the meaning of giving, “write your story” which means “write a story for you”. The results came...

    (ONA) The theatre laboratory at the Bait Al Zubair Foundation held a discussion session entitled “Theatre in the Time of Corona”. The session, which was delivered through the “Zoom” application, discussed the theatre’s attendance these days and the...