This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that

In July 1970, amid vast turmoil throughout the Persian Gulf region, Qaboos bin Sa'id led a successful coup against his father and proclaimed himself the new Hea

Foodways in Southern Oman examines the objects, practices and beliefs relating to producing, obtaining, cooking, eating and disposing of food in the Dhofar regi

This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman’s regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions.

This book marks the first comprehensive examination of contemporary British influence in Oman and Bahrain, analysing Britain’s legacy since the official withd