DIVORCE IN OMAN and Omani Proverbs I Disagree With

"There's an Omani saying in Arabic,"one of my Omani girlfriends tries to explain to me, to justify her reasons for staying in ...

OMANI SAYINGS/PROVERBS: Don't climb too high up your coconut tree

Hehehehe I love this one. It has two meanings and is a proverb from Zanzibar originally. I used to get old this all the time as a child by a...

OMANI SAYINGS/PROVERBS: He put Kohl in her eyes...

Omani saying/proverb: "He put kohl in her eyes---but he blinded her instead." جاء يكحلها عماها It means: When that person who trie...

Omani sayings and proverbs: "He that can't reach the grapes"

Omani saying: إللي ما يطول العنب حامض عنه يقول "He that can't reach the grapes calls them sour". It means, the person that is ...

Omani sayings and proverbs: "If your friend is honey"

Omani saying:   "If you friend is honey don't lick him all up" إن كان صاحبك عسل, لا تلحسه كله This one actually gets said to m...

Omani sayings & proverbs: "don't sell your rug"

Omani saying {this one is actually originally from Zanzibar}: "Don't sell your rug for a carpet that is just passing through"....