Real Estate Agents in Oman Suck

Real Estate {OMANI} agents in Oman suck. I've been friends with a few real estate agents, who are expats {Canadian, American, Australian...

Children Left Behind the Wheel of Running Cars

This is a sight we unfortunately see in Oman on occasion. A child left alone and unsupervised in a car with the key in the ignition and the...

OPNO's list for Signs You Have Been In Oman Too Long

I know alot of bloggers have compiled lists of "you know you've been in Oman too long" over the last three years. I am going ...

Reflections on Modest Fashions for Muslim Omani Girls

I saw a Turkish woman the other day at Al Bajha mall, wearing a very modestly cut but beautifully tailored Turkish coat jacket called ...

RANT: How dare they not wear hijab!!!!!!!!

I almost got into a fight infront of room of students at SQU the other day (previous our weekend). MOP and I were peacefully reading a paper...

Family Meddling in Marriages in Oman

Sometimes I am kind of happy that I am an Orphan in the Islamic sense, when I hear stories of horrible families, abusing their daughter'...

Why is it every time I go to a clinic in Oman I get a shot/injection?!

K, so I had a bad bout of food poisoning this weekend. Cheap Pakistani coffee shop chicken for half a rial, yummy! Or so I thought. But this...

RANTS: I am not a "maid" person

I don't hate people who have maids. I really don't. My SIL's do. My mother does. I grew up with what people in Oman call a house...

A thing for hats... & about the Shebab ; ;, nudge, nudge

My Omani husband (aka MOP) has a thing for hats (and obviously white English-speaking women right?). I think it stems from his crush on Kat...

OPNO hates... this style of decorating, ick:p

I really, really hating overly guilded furniture in a faux-french setting, ie the Arab home. It NEVER comes across as classy to me, but rem...

RANT: National Day

While I am SOOOO excited about National Day, I am soooooooooo bored of National Day rehearsals. So are ALL the teachers I know.

RANT: #1 thing I don't like about Oman

Some Omanis (GCC Arabs in general) treat me better than an Indian Pakistani Indonesian Malaysian or Philipino Muslim women. Who are sister...

RANT: French Fries

This is a rant. Only in Oman does your sandwich (and your salad!!!!) come with French fries on it/in it/ around it. I asked for lettuce at ...

RANT: MEN AND WOMEN OF OMAN

First, I am going to complain about the women. I knew the boys first, so to their annoyances I will be loyal and recite in order. 1.) Take c...

RANT I'VE ALWAYS MEANT TO MAKE: Not a Real Omani

This is a rant I've always wanted to make. How come anytime an Omani (and you can prove he is an Omani, not an Indian or whatever) does ...

RANT: I can't marry her in Islam because I slept with her

from the Shebab: OPNO and random nameless Shebab are discussing marriage (not TO EACHOTHER!!!). Shebab says to OPNO he's only loved one ...

Rant: Bra Straps in Oman

I know we have La Senza here but is it just me, or do ALLLLLLLLLLLL the other bra's in Oman come with the shottiest bra straps ever tha...

For Omani Guys: How NOT to PROPOSE to a girl part 1

Dear Guys, While your attentions have been flattering (generally not, I am being nice ), you SUCK at proposing to a modern (but still tradi...