Sur, (ONA) - The Omani Society of Writers and Literates represented by the Committee of Writers and Literates of the South Sharqiyah Governorate, in celebration of the glorious fiftieth National Day, organized a dialogue session entitled Omani Media and Building the Modern State, prepared by the committee’s research and studies team.

The themes of the dialogue session, which hosted the journalist Yusef bin Abdul Karim Al Houti, discussed Omani media and its role in consolidating the concept of citizenship and building national cohesion and starting towards building and development, highlighting the national achievements and introducing Oman on the Arab and international levels as a state of peace and stability, urban expansion, and media support for the idea of moving development to all governorates and the wilayats of the Sultanate.

The topics of the session also touched on the media and its role in preserving the Omani identity and attention to the civilizational heritage of Oman and the focus of the media on building the state of institutions and spreading the culture of law and the role of the media in highlighting the Omani personality, engaging youth in radio and television programs, writing in the press, activating the role of private radio stations, electronic journalism, and youth contributions to electronic media.

The dialogue session focused on media highlighting the state's efforts in all its sectors to confront all crises, especially the two crises of low oil prices and the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, at the time Oman is looking ahead to the future prospects, surpassing the economic crisis and the effects of the Corona pandemic and the role of the media in highlighting and making Oman Vision 2040 successful.

(ONA)