I used to be based in the Gulf from 2017 till the pandemic hit. Oman is where I grew up, and has been an intellectual interest even now as I have done pioneering social impact assessments for infrastructure projects in the region. Stellar travel writer @wade_shepard visited Muscat in 2018 and we had a blast. He interviewed me for his YouTube channel documentary and a Guardian Article on Ad Duqm, where I have worked since 2014, including the recently inaugurated Duqm Refinery by His Majesty The Sultan of Oman and the Kuwaiti Prime Minister.
One does not necessarily need a degree in Middle East Studies to write on the region.
As Eid 2024 is around the corner here is image work from 2017 from Mutrah Souq in Muscat at Iftar time. The Mutrah corniche is magical, a space which defeats time.
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