Questions Are The Answers

What’s a community blog? Is it a place for the contributors to rant about their daily lives? Or is it a place to discuss the latest news and activities in town? Or maybe it’s just another mean through which the contributors can market their own blogs?

Well, almost each and every contributor has his/her own blog, what for do we need a community blog? Ain’t we all special and “unique” in our own ways? (at least that’s what our mamas’ say!) Wouldn’t a community blog melt down our “uniqueness”? But, don’t you think that the content of the community blog would be so rich and satisfy all the various tastes? People/readers have different tastes, no? Can you picture how entertaining a discussion will be once every contributor chips in and view the topic from a certain angle? Or how a piece of news about OMAN might be useful to a person abroad?

I am currently doing a bachelor in Mechtronics Engineering in Oman. Sensation(my nickname) is enjoying the sunny weather in the sultanate and having a special interest in reading about business, tourism and learning languages. On the other hand I am running a blog titled Going Banana!

(Note: the blog is not listed in the blog roll)

We are Oman

Due to the fact that I did not partake in the initial development phase of this blog, the idea of a joint Omani blog seemed like a reasonable idea. However, as more contributors joined the effort I began to see that this is more than talking about Oman, its sharing ideas, views and experiences. The latter of those is what makes it interesting, because just like this blog, Omanis in general are diverse and their experiences are assorted. It will be interesting to have a single blog that will show how our views differ in regards to “Omani” Topics.

My views come to you from across the world, usually in the form of a proud Omani looking at the developments and change from far away. For the past 13 years I have lived in the United States, mostly in Kentucky but in DC and Los Angeles for a short while. Currently, I am in pursuit of a PhD in Economics at the University of Kentucky and therefore will be here for at least another 4 years.

I look forward to the information provided here. If you have ever lived out of Oman you will know that local news and information are hard to come across. I hope that this becomes a venue that serves as an introduction to the dynamic life of Oman, where old coexists with the new.