Had Ibnu Batuta carried a digital camera when he globetrotted, we could have a far clearer picture of how the world, including Oman, looked like then! Or had he made use of Global Positioning System, ...

The city of Gwadar that we proudly own today did not belong to us. Our government bought it from the Sultanate of Oman in 1958. Only if Oman had known the fate of this land earlier, it probably ...

Oman offered to sell Gwadar to newly independent India in 1956, but the Indian government - led by Jawaharlal Nehru - rejected the offer. In 1958, Oman sold Gwadar to Pakistan.