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Muscat Confidential
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Day to day goings on in the small, safe and sleepy Indian Ocean country called the Sultanate of Oman, written by a rather cynical, and often crotchety, well-connected expat living in Muscat.
- Author: undercoverdragon
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Recent Posts
BBC Radio investigate the 1970 coup of Sultan Qaboos
A fascinating radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Nov 24th, goes into the history of the successful coup of Sultan Qaboos and the role of the British in assisting the Sultan in his efforts.You can hear the broadcast here.For the first time, previo...
Dubai in Denial over debt problems - how unusual
No local news of real note as we all struggle to clear our inboxes after the 9 day public holiday. I was disappointed that Essa, in his typically insightful and hard-hitting anti-Zionist-state opinion piece in the Times of Oman this week, failed to e...
How can an Expat hire a maid in Oman?
A question for my readers: assistance required!How can a newly arrived Expat legally hire a nanny or housemaid? What if they are in the wilds of say Nizwa or Ibra?What's the best way to go about it?In my experience, the company or employer usually ta...
Oman to set up new unit to develop water and energy strategy
Ahhh, don't you love Eid + National Day? A whole week off work and the weather's perfect. One of the reasons Oman is a nice place to live.The Ministry of National Economy is forming a new high powered analysis unit to study the economics of the natio...
Dubai ruler bounces a $3.5bln cheque, but probably will avoid the jail time...
After Dubai got its hands on another $5bln loan from Abu Dhabi controlled banks, international investors had assumed that the money would be in part used to repay the huge debts coming due from Nakheel, the real estate development arm of Dubai World....
Dubai starts to pay the piper - heads rolling
In a great tip off from JustCurious, this story in the FT a couple of days ago about the recent replacement of the head of Dubai International Financial Center.The story* describes, in perhaps as direct a way as could be possible given Simon is base...
