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SMEs with immense benefits
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Mirfat-AlAraimiya.jpgPublished June 6, 2012 at 7:09 pm - No Comments Excellence is an end that many strive to achieve but remaining on the peak of success is a secret known only to few. The Japanese were well aware that superiority can be reached only by setting clear and coherent goals which can be realised through diligence and hard work. Japan, the world’s second-largest economy in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), built its economic might not through massive industrial powerhouses but rather through a robust platform of small- and mid-sized enterpri ...
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Nawras branding gone wrong.
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Sara-Fida.jpgPublished May 28, 2012 at 7:33 pm - No Comments As'salam Alaikom, I know it has been ages since I last blogged. Apologies. I've been busy organizing PechaKucha Night - Muscat, which was held on the 21st May. www.Pecha-Kucha.org. If you're into creative visual designs, you're invited to the next one in August. Nowadays, I just have quick short comments on ads I see around me in Muscat that I place on my twitter account @omanadvertising. Anywhooo, lets move on to what I have in store for you today; Narwas branding (a telecommunication ...
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My Backpack
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Nasser-AlKindi.jpgPublished May 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm - No Comments You won’t drown until you stop swimming.. she said, letting go of my trembling hands.. Her words echoed so vividly in mind, traversing the abyss of time that had passed us by, drawing a nostalgic smile across my face. I let myself flow with the rather shallow waters of the low tide.. immense tranquility reigned over the vast expanse of wilderness.. at Barr Al Hikman, distance is relative to how far your eyes can see.. and how much you allow your mind to be tricked by the mirage. On the other s ...
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Add a credit to your name
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Sami-Jaffer.jpgPublished May 1, 2012 at 2:19 pm - One Comment GETTING a loan is as easy as recharging phone credit these days. Our banks are handing out money like sweets to little children. Yet, does our population really understand the use of credit and its implications for their future? In fact, our young population has begun to take loans for completely unnecessary reasons. Cars, furniture and even holidays have become valid reasons to take a loan. Why would a young man place himself under this kind of pressure so that he may buy the latest Honda ...
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Oman in the eyes of foreigners
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Maryam-Khalfan.jpgPublished April 26, 2012 at 6:49 am - No Comments Call it a book of reference or a good companion for any visitor to the Sultanate. The travel guide 101 Things To See and Do in Oman provides an insight into some of the most attractive and memorable tourist spots in the country as seen by foreigners. Authored by an international squad of travel writers, publishers and award-winning photographers, this 187-page book is part of a series of five other travel guides, which are specifically designed to promote tourism of the respective countries. ...
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Defining Small and Medium Enterprises in Oman
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sharifa-AlBarami-250x250.jpgPublished April 25, 2012 at 2:41 pm - No Comments As Oman’s Third Economic Forum came to a close on Monday, the question of how to define small and medium enterprises SMEs came to a head. The event, which brought together over 600 delegates, was organized by the Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal group and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Oman. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora attended, along with several ministers, public sector officials, and leading executives from Oman, the Gulf, and the Arab ...
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Important decision near
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Maurice-Gent.jpgPublished April 25, 2012 at 4:55 am - No Comments One of the most important issues the Government has to face in the next decade is near. The new GCC rail network is coming close to reality, many decisions have to be taken. Already it is clear that it is vital both to the Government and the nation that the right choice is made. Transport not only takes up a large portion of the whole nation’s budget. A well co-ordinated transport system is vital for Oman’s trading success, both within the GCC and in the wide world beyond. The debate ...
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Running away with Lori: Tribute to my late friend
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Rahma-AlMahrooqi.jpgPublished April 25, 2012 at 4:35 am - No Comments I was telling her in Pittsburgh about my late father who passed away in 1999 and how his awareness of his death from cancer had brought him closer to my mother after years of struggle. The story touched her heart and she said, “Oh, I’m going to cry. That was beautiful.” Then she said, “When I die, I want you to be the one to spread my ashes over mountains and rivers.” Now, it was my turn to cry. I said, tears filling my eyes, “You mustn’t be so cruel. You know I couldn’t do th ...
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Mr Multitasker – Murtadha AlLawati
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Murtadha-Allawati-200x250.gifPublished April 22, 2012 at 7:49 pm - No Comments There are a lot of talented Omanis working on the radio now, TV anchor and radio personality Murtadha Al Lawati tells Stacey Ross As a TV and radio personality who has worked in various media platforms in the Sultanate and elsewhere, Oman’s Murtadha Al Lawati believes that the media is undergoing a huge change. “There are a lot of talented Omanis working on the radio now and the media is changing in this country, drastically. It can be very difficult to get a chance in Oman, especiall ...
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Dreading Departures & arrivals
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Misha-Daud.jpgPublished April 22, 2012 at 7:44 am - No Comments At the risk sounding like a broken record I really was going to write this week’s column on fashion, (namely dressing for your body type). However, that will have to wait as last night I arrived at Muscat International Airport and a whole new column was born! Frustrated, shocked and incensed are just a few emotions that went through the many passengers, myself included, who could not leave the airport for over an hour and a half after landing. That zen-like calm of being away was quickly r ...
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Let’s treat the Earth right
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Lakshmi-Kothaneth.jpgPublished April 22, 2012 at 6:11 am - No Comments Oman just observed World Heritage Day and now it is time to celebrate World Earth Day. In a way, these World Days are instrumental in getting to know of the importance of various aspects of which, we are part of. As children we learn about the importance of heritage and earth but as we grow to lead our own independent lives somewhere along the line we begin to focus on our immediate benefits. In fact, this is a time when even elderly parents wait patiently for some time from their busy child ...
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VoIP finally unblocked
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Riyadh-AbdulAziz.gifPublished April 22, 2012 at 4:04 am - No Comments Some VoIP services have been finally unblocked in Oman, but we do not know why they got unblocked and whether or not the decision to unblock them is permanent. Viber, PalTalk, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger, were supposedly listed in a memo issued by the TRA to Omantel and Nawras ordering them to unblock VoIP, and these listed services are now accessible from desktop and mobile devices and can be used to make voice calls using the Internet to communicate with people in and ou ...
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Arab’s Got Talent: Ahmed Al Jaili
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Rumaitha-AlBusaidi-250x250.jpgPublished April 21, 2012 at 10:48 am - No Comments Now I couldn't have let this just pass by without me commenting on it. It literally cracked me up when Ahmed Al Jaili announced that he was going to showcase his talent of playing the harmonica through his NOSE. Now after that shock sunk in, I couldn't help but literally laugh at the whole idea, it felt weird, and just plain ridiculous! (Isn't it disturbing yet funny to see how his nose wiggles through the process?) But what was even funnier was when he was asked by the judges why he decide ...
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The advantage of having relatives at the top
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Nizar-AlMusalmy.jpgPublished April 21, 2012 at 8:18 am - No Comments On Monday, as I pondered on this week’s article, I realised how different people take the world through different senses — hearing, seeing or feeling. The day earlier (Sunday), I came across a person who thinks that it counts to be related to someone who is rich or who is in some big position. He looks at some of the rich and the famous and quickly claims that they are his relatives. When I asked him to prove the genealogy his explanation came in this form: “You see my grandmother’s neig ...
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Deprived children
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Wafa-AlShamsiya.jpgPublished April 19, 2012 at 3:17 am - No Comments What happens when we try with all our power to understand the events around us and fail in doing so? I am trying to know how patient the people around me are. I decided to disappear from my social circle some time. It was a hard test, but I had some hypotheses that needed to be verified and questions to be answered. I wanted to know how much they care about me, and how long they will bear my absence. The worst about us human beings is that our confidence weakens when we sense that someone is ...
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Wednesday
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dhofari-Gucci.jpgPublished April 18, 2012 at 12:57 pm - No Comments Morning! 1. Weather is crappy in Salalah (hot hot hot humid humid humid). You'd figure we'd get some rain along with everyone else? 2. Colleagues are shallow, irresponsible, naive humans. My colleague has been watching a Bollywood movie on their computer at work since 9 a.m today (4-hour movie). Why do I work my head off when I could easily be earning my full salary watching movies at work & doing the daily gossip rounds from office to office all morning? (Mr. Sythe knows what I'm talkin ...
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The workplace issues — polarisation dilemma!
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/majid-new-250x250.jpgPublished April 18, 2012 at 10:16 am - No Comments Starting from this week and at fortnightly sequence I will be writing about issues that some may consider as enigma and taboo, especially in English, because foreigners will read about us as if writing in Arabic there are no foreigners there! In actual fact, my own personal outlook is that the latter category is more dangerous because they know us inside out. Tell that to the Palestinians in their meeting with those from the other side who are fluent Arabic speakers and also born in Arab coun ...
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Rewarding people: It’s not all about money
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Salim-AlRiyami.jpgPublished April 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm - No Comments I remember when I was a child, whenever I did something nice or achieved a small task, my father used to tell me “Oh… a Victory Day!” (Eid Al Nasr in Arabic). Although these were just words, they really used to motivate and encourage me to keep up the good work! Most of us prefer the money but we also need the good words of encouragement, benefits, flexible time, personal space and many more… so, what is it that keeps the new generation happy, let’s take a look: Employee rewards have b ...
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My definition of globalisation
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Haider-AlLawati.jpgPublished April 17, 2012 at 8:41 am - No Comments Once I was asked to give my own definition of globalisation during my higher study in Germany. The tutor urged us to write down what we felt from our own point of view. Since there were people from different nationalities in the class, he asked us to write the meaning of globalisation and its connection to our culture and beliefs. Being a Muslim I had to write something which connected globalisation with my religion. I believe globalisation means that people of different backgrounds, cultures ...
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Parenting the children by love
http://omanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sausan-AlBusaidiya.jpgPublished April 17, 2012 at 8:00 am - No Comments Praise be to the Almighty God Who said in the holy scripture: (So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you. So pardon them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in the matter. And when you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely [upon Him]). Let the radiation of love permeate within the households. Let’s sow the seeds of love into the ...
