{"id":17340,"date":"2020-05-15T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=17340"},"modified":"2020-05-14T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:36:16","slug":"oman-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-through-my-eyes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/oman-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-through-my-eyes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman \u0639\u064f\u0645\u0627\u0646: through my eyes (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to this post about Oman. In this second part of the post, I continue to tell you about my experience in <strong>Oman \u0639\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0646<\/strong> and its capital &#8211; <strong><em>Muscat\u00a0<\/em> \u0645\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0637\u0652<\/strong> to be specific. It\u2019s Oman and not <strong>Amman \u0639\u064e\u0645\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0646<\/strong> by the way \ud83d\ude00 The latter is the capital of the Arabic country Jordan, but I wanted to draw your attention to it as there\u2019s usually a lot of <strong>confusion \u062e\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0637\u0652<\/strong> between the two!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17337\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/uhaRUwucodQ\" aria-label=\"Oman 350x234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17337\" class=\"wp-image-17337 size-medium\"  alt=\"Omani men sitting\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/oman-350x234.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/oman-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/oman-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/oman-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/oman-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/oman-2048x1371.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Anna K on Unsplash.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, <strong>last time<\/strong>, I started talking about Oman and focused on three aspects: its people, the weather and landscape. This time, I\u2019m going to focus on two aspects in detail and these are: <strong>the<\/strong><strong> torus <\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0644\u0627\u062a<\/strong> \u00a0I have went on and <strong>landmarks \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629<\/strong> or iconic places I visited during these tours.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Tours &amp; Landmarks \u062c\u0648\u0644\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629 \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most of the tours I went on were actually made on the same day, thanks to the <strong>Hop-on hop-off<\/strong> Muscat Big Bus. It\u2019s exactly like the one in London except that the writing on it is in Arabic \ud83d\ude09 It was relatively cheap, and it takes you to pretty much all the iconic places in Oman. On that day, I visited many places but there are the two that made an everlasting impression on me:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Souq Matrah \u0633\u0648\u0642 \u0645\u0637\u0631\u062d<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s an old market that sells traditional food (I tried original <strong>Karak tea \u0634\u0627\u064a \u0643\u0631\u0643<\/strong> there or the first time!!), <strong>handmade crafts<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0650\u0631\u0641\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u064a\u062f\u0648\u064a\u0629<\/strong> and some precious herbs like <strong>saffron \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0639\u0641\u0631\u0627\u0646.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The market is built just on the opposite side of <strong>Matrah harbour \u0645\u064a\u0646\u0627\u0621 \u0645\u0637\u0631\u062d<\/strong> where you can see some <strong>fishing boats \u0645\u0631\u0627\u0643\u0628 \u0635\u064a\u062f<\/strong>\u00a0 and <strong>fishermen \u0627\u0644\u0635\u064a\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0646<\/strong> nearby.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17353\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17353\" class=\"wp-image-17353 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/matrah-350x197.jpg\" alt=\"Matrah Souq - Muscat\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/matrah-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/matrah-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/matrah-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/matrah-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/matrah-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Souq Matrah &#8211; Image by Hanan (Blogger)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Al-Alam Palace \u0642\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0644\u0645<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the name suggests, this is the palace\/residence place of the former Sultan of Oman&gt; Sultan Qaboos. In the area nearby, there are many official governmental buildings that include <strong>ministries \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a,<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n<p>I also visited a popular museum there called <strong>Bait Al-Zubair \u0628\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0628\u064a\u0631<\/strong> (house of Zubair) which included amazing illustration, old photos and information about life in Oman and traditions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">*Below is a photo of the leaflet I got from the museum from my visit in 2013!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17343\" style=\"width: 273px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17343\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17343\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/20200219_224134-263x350.jpg\" alt=\"Bait Al Zubair Leaflet\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/20200219_224134-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/20200219_224134-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/20200219_224134-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/20200219_224134-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/20200219_224134-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Hanan (Blogger)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque \u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u0627\u0628\u0648\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This landmark wasn\u2019t included in the bus tour, so I went to visit it separately. This huge mosque is the most important mosque in Oman. It was named after the former Sultan of Oman Qaboos who issued a royal order to build the mosque. Interestingly, the mosque is <strong>open daily for visitors \u0645\u0641\u062a\u0648\u062d \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0632\u0648\u0651\u0627\u0631<\/strong> . <strong>The interior<\/strong> <strong>design<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0635\u0645\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644\u064a<\/strong> of the mosque is very <strong>unique \u0645\u0645\u064a\u0632<\/strong> \u00a0and<strong> fancy \u0641\u0627\u062e\u0631<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17335\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/oGhaT9wBtcA\" aria-label=\"\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646 350x233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17335\" class=\"wp-image-17335\"  alt=\"Sultaan Qabus Grand Mosque\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646-350x233.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/05\/\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque &#8211; Image by Niklas Weiss on Unsplash.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The ton of Nizwa \u0648\u0644\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0646\u0632\u0648\u0649<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, there is the old and famous town\/state of Nizwa. You can easily visit it as we booked a casual tour which meant a taxi, <strong>a tour<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>guide \u062f\u0644\u064a\u0644<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u0633\u064a\u0627\u062d\u064a<\/strong> \u00a0and four people in total. Nizwa is only 90-minute drive away from the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Nizwa is known for its <strong>historical<\/strong><strong> monuments <\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0622\u062b\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e\u064a\u0629<\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; it\u2019s full of them! It\u2019s particularly known for its castles and forts. The main castle is Nizwa castle which goes back to the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century, thus, considered one of <strong>the oldest \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0642\u062f\u0645<\/strong> \u00a0in the country. In addition to the many forts in Nizwa, <strong>the most popular one \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631 \u0634\u0647\u0631\u0629<\/strong> \u00a0in the town and in Oman as a whole is Nizwa fort that played a great role, alongside with the castle, to provide safety and protection for the country.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17356\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/nizwa-fort-fort-oman-travel-3245731\/\" aria-label=\"Nizwa Fort 3245731 1920 350x233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17356\" class=\"wp-image-17356 size-medium\"  alt=\"Nizwa Fort - Oman\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-350x233.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by sharonang on pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Until next week, keep it up and continue learning Arabic \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nizwa Fort - Oman\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/04\/nizwa-fort-3245731_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Welcome back to this post about Oman. In this second part of the post, I continue to tell you about my experience in Oman \u0639\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0646 and its capital &#8211; Muscat\u00a0 \u0645\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0637\u0652 to be specific. It\u2019s Oman and not Amman \u0639\u064e\u0645\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0646 by the way \ud83d\ude00 The latter is the capital of the Arabic country Jordan, but&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/oman-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-through-my-eyes-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":17356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,3,13],"tags":[512692,3532,512691,428543,428541,428547],"class_list":["post-17340","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-arabic-country-guide","tag-arabic-culture","tag-country-guide","tag-gulf-tourism","tag-oman","tag-omani-tourism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17340"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17354,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17340\/revisions\/17354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}