The longest day of the year is a perfect time for a walk through Frijthout in my hometown of Hove. Especially when trumpet music accompanied the opening of the temporary open-air exhibition ‘Light gives comfort (Licht en Troost).’ About twenty works of art are spread over the landscape park and garden of the castle of … Continue reading
” In diversity there is beauty and there is strength “ Maya Angelou (to enlarge picture click on thumbnail) Continue reading
Because of the joy we had, Because of the sadness we share, To advance to the ’50th National Day’ in 2020. With Oman’s new ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said who took the oath before the Council of Oman this Saturday and confirmed to the Omanis and the world that: “the Sultanate will continue … Continue reading
From author to author, from woman to woman, congrats … and thrilled to share… Jokha Alharthi on Tuesday became the first Arabic author to win the Man Booker International prize for her novel “Celestial Bodies” Continue reading
When visiting the 2019 edition of ‘Art Brussels,’ last weekend, the title for this post came into my mind. Creativity transforms ideas into reality. These people went ‘beyond’ that stage… In my latest publication ‘Whispers of Oman,’ Agnes, strongly discouraged by her parents to write Ghazal, Urdu poetry, never questioned her creativity. For the first … Continue reading
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