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With Gratitude…
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With Gratitude…

Posted on August 16, 2018 by mdekeersmaeker • Leave a comment

The impact of ‘living gratefully’ is for me the main theme in the three literary works of Fawziya Ali Khalifa Al Maskiry, I gratefully received by coincidence. Although there are no coincidences in life… With ‘A Taste to Remember,’ Fawziya became the first Omani to publish a cooking book in English. A step by step … Continue reading →

My neighbourhood….in a wider context…
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My neighbourhood….in a wider context…

Posted on January 12, 2017 by mdekeersmaeker • Leave a comment

Nature in Dhofar is abundant, the flora and the fauna, ….the wildlife at the coast, in the mountains and also in the two deserts; the rocky and the sandy one. Dhofar is a bird watching paradise and is also home for leopards, in fact Dhofar is their only place in the whole of Oman. All … Continue reading →

Festivalitis
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Festivalitis

Posted on August 10, 2016 by mdekeersmaeker • Leave a comment

Worldwide festivals are in full swing. In Salalah-Dhofar, during the Khareef or the south-west monsoon, in the south of the Sultanate of Oman, on the 6th of August the number of visitors to the yearly Salalah Tourism Festival stood at 1,195,047. The Festival started at 15th of July and ….still runs till 31 of August.   Continue reading →

Watching the start of Khareef……….
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Watching the start of Khareef……….

Posted on June 22, 2016 by mdekeersmaeker • Leave a comment

While we are facing in La Roche-en-Ardenne, my hometown, high humidity, cloudy skies, and suddenly full sunshine, I received a picture of ‘Razat mountain‘ where my Omani friends watched the ‘Khareef’ entering into ‘Dhofar,’ in the south of the Sultanate of Oman. Khareef or south west monsoon is a combination of different natural elements and … Continue reading →

experiencing rain
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experiencing rain

Posted on June 13, 2016 by mdekeersmaeker • Leave a comment

On the internet, millions of people use Rainy Mood while sleeping, studying and relaxing. But in Europe, during summer we don’t want too much rain as it is the case now in my hometown La Roche-en-Ardenne in Belgium. Every year between June and September, as the only region in the Arabian Gulf, Dhofar in the … Continue reading →

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