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30 images Created 27 May 2011

Oman - Between Tradition and Modernity

In August 2020, Civilization, a Chinese geography magazine asked me if they could publish my images from Oman in an article about the country, which is located on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. I went back to my archieves in order to re-edit my work which I photographed in April 2011. Back then I was assigned to shoot a series of images about Oman, portraiting the people, the landscapes and the culture of the Sultanate, Sixty years ago, Oman was still one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world. After acceding to the throne in 1970, Sultan Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said modernized the country while preserving its culture and traditions. He embarked on economic reforms and authorized expenditures on health, education, sustainable development, and welfare by using Oman´s oil revenue. Quaboos refers to Islam as being a religion of tolerance and peace and prohibits any extremism. Today Oman is regarded as the most peaceful country in the Middle East. The images were taken 2011 in Muscat and the areas of Sur, Nizwa, and in the desert around Wahiba Sands.

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  • A couple enjoys the sunset at Yiti Beach near Muscat.
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  • Goats sunn themselves at the entrance of Wadi Sab, a famous river valley. Until recently most Omani were nomads, today they have cars and houses.
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  • Young people play soccer at sunset at the beach in Muskat, showing off with their big cars, Oman, 2011.
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  • Modern shopping malls are popular with the locals in Nizwa.
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  • A beduin poses and proudly presents one of his camels in the Wahiba sands desert in Oman. 2011
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  • A Beduin girl walks through the wahiba sands desert in order to fetch water.
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  • Like these Bedouin girls most of the Omani population lived as a camel, sheep and goat breeders 40 years ago.
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  • In the two deserts of Oman, the Bedouins live in tents and makeshift shelters, like this Bedouin woman in the Wahiba Sands desert.
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  • After the sunset a beduin prays in the desert of Wahiba Sands.
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  • The Bedouins in the desert of Wahiba Sands still cook their dinner on open fires during sunset. The only light source is a flashlight, there is no electricity.
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  • Many of the up to 500 year old mud houses in Al Hamra are empty and falling apart.
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  • A bangladeshi plantation worker in front of his home in Birkat al Mawz, Oman, 2011
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  • On the beaches tourist hotels are being built or renovated, as here, the Turtle Beach Resort in Ras al Hadd.
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  • Fishermen at the beach in Ras al Hadd, Oman, 2011
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  • A Fisherman prepares the fishing nets at the beach in Ras al Hadd, Oman, 2011. Less and less fishermen are going out to the Omani sea, because the fish at the coast are vanishing.
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  • Like here in Birkat al Mawz, the Omani have been building irrigation systems for a long time. With over 4000 channels, the Faladj, which allows plantations and gardens to flourish.
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  • Primary School near Muskat, Oman 2011.  Nowadays almost 90 percent of the children in Oman go to school, also girls.
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  • Omani tourists enjoy the view over Shebel Shams, Oman 2011
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