Muscat is one of the oldest cities in the Arabian Peninsula which has witnessed many changes of power dynamics over the years. The city has been the center of change and the transition point in which modern Oman was born. Therefore, in this historiographical essay I am going to focus on so called the Omani Renaissance that was initiated by the Sultan Qaboos in 1970. Specifically, looking at the process of modernization that has caused rapid change over the last four decades in the urban fabric of Muscat to be a sprawling metropolis and its implications on traditional agriculture and Gulf women from socio-economically
Muscat is one of the oldest cities in the Arabian Peninsula which has witnessed many changes of power dynamics over the years. The city has been the center of change and the transition point in which modern Oman was born. Therefore, in this historiographical essay I am going to focus on so called th...