Category Archives: Oman in the News

Pervert + Spycam = 3 Year Prison Term + 5,000 OR Fine

Posted on May 19, 2013 | 1 Comment

It’s good to hear some follow-up about someone arrested here in the Sultanate for a change! The pervert who set up a spycam in Khoula hospital was an employee! They found more than 30 video clips on his computer. Imagine if you (or your wife or daughter!) were one of the people recorded by this sicko. Nasty! The court sentenced him to 3 years in prison in addition to a 5,000 rial fine (or about $13,000 US). Read about all the details here in yesterday’s Times of Oman article written by Fahad al Mukrashi. Now if only they would inform the public about the verdict concerning the 5 monsters that gang-raped the Asian lady in Sohar in March…

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

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Tagged camera in toilet Oman, crime and punishment Oman, Ecclesiastes 8:11, perverts in Oman, spy cam oman case, spycam oman

Anyone Know Why Oman Forum is “Suspended”?

Posted on May 14, 2013 | 14 Comments

This is the page I get when I try accessing the popular Oman Forum at www.omanforum.com . It’s been like this since the middle of last week. Anyone know why this hugely popular forum with so much helpful info on Oman has been suspended?

It wasn’t long ago that the other popular forum, English Sablah, was hacked by “Anonymous from Iraq”. If you go there, you’ll see this image with loud Arabic music in the background: What’s happening to the forums in Oman? What are good sites to get up to date info?

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Tagged Anonymous, Anonymous from Iraq, English Sabla hacked, hacked sites Oman, oman forum, oman forum suspended

Once Again Blaming and Demonizing the US and International Community

Posted on May 11, 2013 | 9 Comments

The latest Yaseen Al Khaleel ”political comic” from Oman Tribune, May 10th, 2013. Even when more than 90,000 Syrians have been killed by other Syrians, people will still manage to blame the US and “the International Community”. Notice the demonic shadows. This is one of the tamer comics I’ve seen by Yaseen Al Khaleel who is popular with such comics in Al Watan and Oman Tribune.

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Tagged anti America feelings Oman, anti US sentiments Oman, blame US for everything, conspiracy theories US, the blame game, Yaseen al Khaleel

Have a Happy & Safe 3-Day Weekend!

Posted on May 1, 2013 | 2 Comments

3 cheers for His Majesty for declaring Thursday, May 2nd as an official holiday, giving us a 3-day weekend! Starting May 1st, the Omani weekend has officially changed from Thursday-Friday to Friday-Saturday. The problem is that it was looking like this week was going to be a 6-day work week for many until the announcement by the government.

The Sultanate has seen some crazy weather for more than a week now, so please stay safe out there! Here’s a report from BBC Weather on the “violent episodes of weather” here in the Sultanate. Here’s a video from Fanja taken by an Omani youtuber on April 29th to give you an idea of just how fast wadis can fill up with water with even moderate rains here in the Sultanate: If that video didn’t give you enough of a taste for the rain we’ve experienced here in Oman, this album from Y-Magazine titled “All Washed Up” ought to do the trick.

Today was such a sunny day and now suddenly at 3pm dark clouds are once again forming in the sky and I even heard thunder. Here’s a quick video to give you an idea of the strength of the winds and rain, looking out our front door in Mawaleh just after 7pm this evening: Have fun this weekend, but stay safe, folks!

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Tagged 3-day weekend Oman, all washed up Oman, Oman rains May April 2013, Y magazine rain pics

Red Bull BC One Oman Final Showdown 2013

Posted on April 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

There was a lot of energy at Bait al Zubair Museum last Thursday evening as 16 finalists battled for top B-Boy Oman 2013. After a few hours of some mind-boggling dancing, it came down to 2 finalists: B-Boy Engine and B-Boy Dark. Here’s the final battle that I videotaped between these 2: Here’s a pic of the winner, B-Boy Engine (aka”Abdullah Suleiman Al Rawahi” in the real world!), taken (as are all pics in this post) from Red Bull Content Pool (with permission). It so happens that all the pics from Oman BC One Cypher 2013 on the Red Bull Content Pool were taken by my good buddy, Geoffrey O’Dell. The man’s got skills! This is the battle for 3rd & 4th position (with final decision): If you liked that, there’s more where that came from: Judges and also BC One All Stars, Lilou, Lamine, and Pelezinho pose for a portrait at Muttrah Suq before the Red Bull BC One Cypher in Muscat, Oman on April 25th, 2013.