Omani Folktales: translated by a (self-proclaimed) ex-mutawaa living in Muscat

I have a friend who has been translating Omani and Emirati traditional folktales and posting them on her blog. I really enjoy reading them (...

OPNO on Omanisation---otherwise known as the Arabic folktale "the Sultan and the Stone"

I have been commenting like mad on the posts filed under the subject header of "Omanisation" inspired by the Ministry of Manpower...

OMANI FOLKTALES: The King and His Wazir

{photo of the Jail in Nakhl fort by Andy from Andy in Oman} Once upon a time in the lands of Arabia, after the time of Ibrihim (Abraham) but...

Omani Folktales: Myth of the Abu Thail

                  Long, long ago in the area of Dhofar in the land of Oman and extending past that into all the land that was then of Yemen...

Omani Folk Tales: Why a donkey is used for the bride at the wedding

Long ago in Oman there lived a boy who loved a girl he knew from the sweetness of childhood in a village set low beneath the mountains. When...

The Truth About Shatti's Haunted House, Nizwa's Jinn/Goat and/or Donkey Personage, and Bahla's Witch on the Hill and the Witches' Chained Tree

Living anywhere in Oman, you're bound to hear a story or two. Even in Muscat. Have you ever passed by the orange-and white villa with bi...

Wicked Old Woman: a tale of incest in Oman?

You know how in the West marrying your first and second cousins is against the law because it's veiwed as them being like brothers and s...