Tag: Oman

Learn earthen architecture of the Middle East

This one-month training course will use Al Ain, UAE as an open-air laboratory for participants to learn practical, hands-on methods for preserving earthen buildings and archaeological sites.

Turkey’s all electric Togg EV

Turkey launches its first EV company, an all electric car called TOGG.

Frankincense resin could slow Covid impact

Plants from the past and used in the Bible may help us against modern ailments. Research studies to produce medicines capable of fighting COVID-19 from frankincense trees in Oman are being jointly undertaken by the University of Nizwa in Oman and the University of Oxford in England

Oman makes first electric car in the Middle East

Prototype from Mays Motors, the first electric car of the Middle East Starts production in 2023. Carbon fibre, has a range of about 350 miles and can accelerate from 0 to 80 in about 4 secs. Mad Max here we come. 

Oman’s first solar energy power plant launches with $417 M USD investment

The Ibri II solar power plant, Oman will supply power to 30,000 households. It's the first large scale solar power plant for this Middle East country.

This ancient Arab irrigation system invented before Rome’s aqueduct

An ancient water management system engineered 3000 years ago is still keeping farms and oases green in the UAE and Oman.

Solar energy plants in the desert – a planning guide

Deserts may not look like much, but there is a slow building up of life organic and inorganic in the soil. We need to preserve them from damage.

Arab Nations De-Vesting in Oil to Invest in Renewables

Countries with fossil fuel-dependent economies are making a marked shift towards renewable energy. Substantial financial investments in solar and wind projects throughout the Middle East and North Africa have gained global recognition as the hydrocarbon market looks to bolster alternative economies.

Oman gives wild leg Arabian Tahr a new leg

The first prosthetic leg replacement procedure for an Arabian Tahr has been carried out in Oman by an Omani veterinary team, the first such surgery successfully performed in the Arab World.

Solar-powered plane’s round-the-world journey underway!

We’ve all heard of the benefits of solar power and the emergence of innovative new projects that are making...

Hundreds of Dead Cormorants Found Slaughtered Near Oman Border

We were really troubled by this latest tip: hundreds of dead cormorants were found dead on a beach, about...

Ship With Black Bitumen Sinks off Oman’s Pristine Coast

A ship carrying thick black bitumen, the same stuff found in Canada's tar sands, sank off the coast of...