Oman

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  Oman

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Nizwa Seeb fish village Wadi Shab

 

 

Oman is a Sultanate at the entrance to the Arabian Gulf

Each of the rulers in this region build clock towers. This one is located in a traffic circle near the Muscat, Oman airport.

 

The Sultans of Oman once controlled a large area including Zanzibar and Mombassa in Africa. Here is one of the Oman forts, first built by the Portuguese, for which this was just a way stop on the route to India.

Nizwa Fort and Al Hamra oasis village

 

fort in the harbor of Muscat

 

a mosque nearby the Sultan's Palace

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Al Bustan Palace hotel

 

interior of Al Bustan Palace hotel

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model of incense burner in the traffic circle

 

 

 

 

boys and a Scout

 

The shopkeepers and town folk wear the traditional lavender robes and the distinctive hats

 

discussion and thinking in the souq

 

Plainer robes for fisherman.

 

 

 

More Photos from Seeb fishing village

 

Wadi Shab

More Photos from an excursion to Wadi Shab

 

Falcon fountain

 

roadside mural

 

Newly constructed Mosque for the use of the Sultan.

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Nizwa Seeb fish village Wadi Shab

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other Middle Eastern countries

 

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The Middle East largely consists of Muslim countries:

 
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bullet egypt3.jpg (1821 bytes)  Egypt

 

bullet iran4.jpg (54555 bytes)    Iran

 

bullet jordan.jpg (69533 bytes)  Jordan

 

bullet kuwait.jpg (45022 bytes)   Kuwait

 

bullet oman.jpg (52220 bytes)    Oman

 

bullet palestine.jpg (61919 bytes)   Palestine

 

bullet qatar.jpg (44695 bytes)   Qatar

 

 

bullet   Saudi Arabia

 

bullet syria.jpg (65031 bytes)  Syria

 

bulletyemen7.jpg (49466 bytes) The Yemen

 

bulletUnited Arab Emirates

 

bullet ajman.jpg (50743 bytes)   Ajman

 

bullet abudhabi.jpg (47110 bytes)   Abu Dhabi

 

bullet dubai.jpg (56437 bytes)   Dubai

 

bullet fujairah.jpg (60581 bytes)   Fujairah

 

bullet khaimah.jpg (68139 bytes)   Ras Al-Khaimah

 

bullet sharjah.jpg (53495 bytes)   Sharjah

 

bullet qaiwain.jpg (50464 bytes)   Umm Al-Qaiwain

   Some of the exceptions are the Christian country of:

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bullet   Georgia                

   

    the Jewish state of:

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bullet    Israel

 

 and a country with 17 different religious communities

                                            

bullet    Lebanon   

 

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