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	<description>Writing my way around Oman / تدوين رحلتي عبر سلطنة عُمان</description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s all she wrote / هذا كل ما كتبته</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 07:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the year again.  Time for the air temperature to exceed my body temperature.  Every time I touch the steering wheel, I risk getting a first degree burn.  As far as I can tell, there are only two seasons in Oman: the sweaty season, and the really sweaty season.  Now that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=816&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q &amp; A with Ammar al Mamari, Omani blogger and law student / مقابلة مع عمّار المعمري، مدون عماني و طالب القانون</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s impossible to conduct research on Omani literature without running up against the related issues of censorship and freedom of expression.  Over the past year, I&#8217;ve talked to poets, novelists and short story writers whose work has been denounced or even banned for transgressing the dense matrix of  &#8220;red lines&#8221; and taboos that define the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=806&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study explores link between internet usage and political change in Kuwait / دراسة بحثية تكشف عن صلة بين استخدام الإنترنت والتغيير السياسي في الكويت</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is internet usage the antidote to authoritarianism in the Middle East?  It would be a stretch to argue that Twitter and Facebook can single-handedly undermine the legitimacy of entrenched regimes like Ahmadinejad&#8217;s Iran, but a recent survey of Kuwaiti internet users suggests that the web has empowered citizens to at least question &#8212; if not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=798&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Narrowing the gap between old and new media</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I admitted to a moderate obsession with Oman&#8217;s online Arabic forums (the major ones being Farrq, Sabla and Hara).  To be honest, I&#8217;ve completely spurned this country&#8217;s old media establishment in favor of new media, because I find that 95 percent of the content in print newspapers is hopelessly out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=793&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You will feel the fire of volcanos in your face!&#8221; (a conversation with Noura al Badi, Omani poet and actress)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Fulbright year is coming to an end, which means that it&#8217;s time to sift through my files for stories that haven&#8217;t made it onto the blog yet.  Today, I&#8217;ve excavated an interview with Noura al Badi, a successful poet and actress who grew up in Buraimi, an oasis town on the Omani-Emirati border, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=785&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi poet condemns gender segregation on Million&#8217;s Poet competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry about the lack of blog activity this past week.  My mother and brother were visiting from America, so I&#8217;ve been busy shepherding them around Oman and pillaging complimentary beverages from hotel rooms bigger than my current apartment.  Since I&#8217;m still catching up on a week&#8217;s worth of work and emails, I&#8217;ll just post this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=779&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forum users criticize the pace and cost of airport expansion /  ينتقد مستخدمين المنتديات سرعة وتكلفة توسيع المطار الدولي</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Arabian Business reported that the expansion of Oman&#8217;s international airport &#8212; originally slated for completion by the year 2012 &#8212; could take until 2014, and may cost the state an additional $500 million in public funds: &#8220;The extension of Oman&#8217;s main airport in Muscat will be delayed by two years and may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=774&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A plea for public libraries in Oman / نداء للمكتبات العامة في عُمان</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I met with Mahmoud al Rahhabi, an Omani author who has written several collections of short stories.  Al Rahhabi believes that the best fiction is inspired by reality, so it&#8217;s no surprise that his stories deal with down-to-earth issues like reckless driving and unemployment in Oman.  When it comes to literature, Al Rahhabi believes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=766&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fearing dissent, Iran cracks down on poets / خائفة من المعارضة، تقمع إيران الشعراء</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking news buff, Middle East Nomad, alerted me to this troubling story, which highlights the Iranian regime&#8217;s relentless efforts to suppress oppositional viewpoints.  Not only is President Ahmadinejad&#8217;s government targeting political dissidents; it has now turned to bullying poets and literary figures.  The BBC reports that prominent Iranian poet, Simin Behbahani, has been barred from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=750&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Omani cartoonist depicts driving conditions in the Sultanate / رسام الكاريكاتير يصور ظروف القيادة في السلطنة</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been trolling two of Oman&#8217;s Arabic internet forums (Al Hara and Sabla) for commentary and local news because &#8212; to be honest &#8212; I find them more informative than the conventional media, which devotes far too much time to banalities like His Majesty&#8217;s receipt of a cable of thanks from the Emir of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fjordlord.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8041320&amp;post=738&amp;subd=fjordlord&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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