Sultan Quaboos voller Demut für sein Land It’s raining. Continuously since early morning. And it’s cold, too. What you can call cold in Oman. It’s about 15 degrees Celsius. Totally unusual in Muscat, the capital of the country. Also the smell in the air I haven’t experienced this way since I’ve been living in Oman….
I have fasted during Ramadan – for the first time in my life. Out of solidarity with my Omani host family? Rather out of curiosity. A part of my Bosnian family is also Muslim and some family members fast regularly. Having grown up in Germany, I found it crazy that they “do this to themselves”….
Where’s Oman? Oman lies at the southern end of the Arabian peninsula at the Arabian Sea.S The capital Muscat is located about 5300 kilometers from Berlin. The neighbors of Oman are from north to south the United Arab Emirates. Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. What is special about Oman? In spite of its geographical proximity…
The policeman calls me friendly to him and hands me my driver’s license with a smile on his face. It took an hour to get it. In Oman everything works a little faster and above all with a lot of calmness! On 22nd January I moved to Oman to spend some time here. I want…
